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Professional Development Models

EDU-585 Desiging Effective Professional Development Dr. Holly Strickland Verenice De Leon

References

Professional Learning Communities(PLC's)

Mentoring & Coaching

Online & Blended Learning

District Wide

Action Planning

Goal oriented and focuses on a specific topic. Data is collected and used to plan for which action steps can be taken to improve teaching practices.

Training held over multiple or single days, introducing all staff to a specific topic and is led by experts in the field.

Conducted in small groups or one-on-one, personalized guidance and support focusing on individual growth.

Fully online or combined with in-person sessions (blended).

Collaborative groups focused on sharing strategies and growing in their profession.

Characteristics:

Effectiveness

Examples

Mentoring & Coaching

• Induction mentor: experienced teacher paired with a new teacher

• Builds strong supportive professional relationships
• Personalized growth

Advantages

Disadvantages

• Support and feedback is tailored to their individual needs
• Adaptive to the pace of adult learner

• Requires set meeting times
• Possibility of a poor match between mentor and mentee

(State Education Resource Center, n.d.).

District Wide

Advantages

Examples

• Multi-Tiered System of Supports Training (MTSS)
• District PD days

• Focuses on a specific area targeting student achievement
• Exposed to new techniques
• Feedback in real-time

Effectiveness

Disadvantages

• Highly engaging (if well designed)
• Participants can network with one another

• Time consuming
• Often time there is no follow up or ongoing support after
• Does not always meet the needs of atendees

(Fogarty & Pete, 2017).

Professional Learning Communities (PLC's)

Effectiveness

Disadvantages

• Requires a commitment and all should be in agreement
• Can be time consuming

• Builds a strong and supportive community of adult learners
• Continuous growth & improvement

Examples

Advantages

• Grade level meetings

• Ongoing peer collaboration
• Opporutnites to improve teaching and increase student learning
• Help teachers stay up to date with new tools and strategies

(Serviss, 2022).

disadvantages

advantages

• Requires time and commitment
• Success varies on the goals chosen and steps taken to reach them

• Holds individuals accountable of results
• Ongoing evaluation which improves effectiveness
• Collaboration with mentor's

examples

Effectiveness

• Improving student reading scores: collect data and create an action plan to accomplish goal
• Team building: conduct a needs assessment and identify areas of

need.

• Accepting learning outcomes
• Encourages continuous growth and improvement
• Well structured approach leading to action

ActionPlanning

(State Education Resource Center, n.d.).

Online & Blended learning

Examples

Effectiveness

• Online discussion forums
• Remote courses with limited to no face-to-face meetings
• Webinars

• Large quantinties of people can attend regardless of location
• Flexibilty accomodates the schedules of learners

Advantages

Disadvantages

• Reduced personal interatcions
• Learners may disengage if they are distracted by other factors
• Requires a reliable internet connection

• Flexible and convinient
• Self-paced
• Tools and resources are available online

(Fogarty & Pete, 2017). (State Education Resource Center, n.d.).

References:

Fogarty, R. J., & Pete, B. M. (2017). From staff room to classroom (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications. Serviss, J. (2022). 4 benefits of an active professional learning community. ISTE. https://iste.org/blog/4-benefits-of-an-active-professional-learning-community#:~:text=PLCs%20allow%20teachers%20an%20easy%20way%20to,they%20are%20doing%20in%20the%20classroom%20matters. State Education Resource Center. (n.d.). Models of professional development. https://ctserc.org/news/2013-2000/models-of-professional-development