EDU 585 Professional Development Graphic Organizer

Professional Development Graphic Organizer

Sheryl L. BerzCollege of Education, Grand Canyon University EDU-585: Designing Effective Professional Development Dr. Laura Schaffer-Metcalfe January 17, 2024

Five Professional Development Models

One-on-one & personal.

Instructional Coaching

Nontraditional and Effective.

High Interest for Staff.

Site-Based

Designed Specifically for Site.

Individualized wants and needs.

Individualized Learning Plans

Individualized Plotted Course.

Communities of Learners

Grade Level /Department Teams.

Collaborative/Creative.

Informational Overview

Districtwide Plan

Large Targeted Audience/Group.

Instructional Coaching

Key Characteristics

Advantages

Effectiveness

Disadvantages

• Meets individual needs
• Immediate application

• Detail oriented
• Supportive
• Relevant to today's

learners

• One on One
• Small Group
• Timely Feedback
• Collaboration
• Personable
• Supportive

• Need for extra support staff
• Need for extra materials
• Monopolizes IC's time
• Place stress on IC

• Specific to individual
• Flexible
• Onsite
• Convenient
• Ongoing to track

progress

Activities

• Technology training and application
• Modeling/demonstrating effective differentiation via multiple problem

strategies and use of manipulatives

• Tools and strategies to accommodate a wide spectrum of learners including ELL students or those with IEPs

Site Based

Effectiveness

Advantages

Disadvantages

Key Characteristics

• Team building
• Staff collaboration
• Community

involvement

• Designed for staff

and site

• Convenient
• Cost effective
• Built in support
• Better follow-up
• Staff involvement
• State testing training

• Complacency
• Lack of resources at site
• Lack of staff coverage

• All staff directed
• Site specific
• Based on site goals
• Strategic
• Developmental

Activities

• Vertical collaboration on ELD/ELA/Math
• Relevant technology training

Individual Learning Plans

Effectiveness

Advantages

Disadvantages

Key Characteristics

• Timely
• Immediate application
• Allows for certification,

licensing, etc.

• Self-efficacy

• Self-directed
• Allows for specific

application

• Allows for timely and

specific growth

• Self-reflective
• Specific feedback
• Application of feedback
• Career path directed

• Requires self-monitoring
• Not collaborative
• Lacks group dynamics

Activities

• Degree Advancement
• Classroom observation

Individual Learning Plans

Effectiveness

Advantages

Disadvantages

Key Characteristics

• Timely
• Immediate application
• Allows for certification,

licensing, etc.

• Self-efficacy

• Self-directed
• Allows for specific

application

• Allows for timely and

specific growth

• Self-reflective
• Specific feedback
• Application of feedback
• Career path directed

• Requires self-monitoring
• Not collaborative
• Lacks group dynamics

Activities

• Degree Advancement
• Classroom observation

Communities of Learners

Effectiveness

Advantages

Key Characteristics

Disadvantages

• Grade level team collab
• Grade level team PD
• Small-medium groupings
• Common needs
• Common curriculum

timeline

• Benifits students
• Builds staff relationships
• Relevant
• Common goals
• Organization
• Collaborative teaching

• Community and support
• Consistency
• Accountability

• Pressure to keep pace

with peers

Activities

• Combining classes for SEL presentations from support staff
• Create "buddy pairs" between classes consisting of a higher and lower student.

District Wide Plan

Advantages

Disadvantages

Effectiveness

Key Characteristics

• All staff recieves

consistent information

• Staff recieves updated

teaching materials

• Held at DO
• Facilitated by District

Personnel

• Strategically planned and

organized

• For all schools within

district

• Universal theme

• One day completion
• Goal oriented
• District-wide collab
• Builds strong

relationships/connections

• Peer support

• Excessive information
• No application of info
• Weak follow-up
• Fatique due to long day

Activities

• New curriculum training
• New assessment training

References

Fogarty, R. J., & Pete, B. M. (2017). From staff room to classroom: A guide for planning and coaching professional development (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. ISBN-13:9781506358307American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000 Quintero, D. (2019, January 25). Instructional coaching holds promise as a method to improve teachers’ impact. Brookings Institute: Brown Center for Educational Policy. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2019/01/25/instructional-coaching-holds-promise-as-a-method-to-improve-teachers-impact/