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What does ProfessionalDevelopment Look Like?

An overview of 5 professional development models in the educational setting

Amy SimsAugust 2024

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5 Professional Development Models

Remote / Online Learning

Individual Professional Learning Plan

Community of Learners

Site-Based

Districtwide

Collaborative group of educators working on tailored goals that directly impact them and their students (Fogarty & Pete, 2017).

Staff at individual buildings are working toward shared, school wide goales (Fogarty & Pete, 2017).

Professional learning through and with technology.

Educating the faculty as a whole with new information (Fogarty & Pete, 2017).

Learning experiences that are individualized based on personal goals and needs (Fogarty & Pete, 2017).

References

REFERENCES

  • Elia, S. (2023). Ramping districtwide pd days. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-improve-district-wide-pd-days
  • 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: 9781506358307
  • Professional growth plans. (2024). Washington state professional educators standards board. https://www.pesb.wa.gov/current-educators/certificate-renewal/pgp/
  • Snelling, J. (2021). 5 reasons to go all in on districtwide pd. International society for technology in education. https://iste.org/blog/5-reasons-to-go-all-in-on-districtwide-pd
  • The importance of teacher collaboration. (2023). American university school of education. https://soeonline.american.edu/blog/teacher-collaboration-importance/

Site-based Professional Development

Pro's and Con's

Site-based professional development occurs at individual schools and focus on school wide goals that affect the staff within (Fogarty & Pete, 2017). This model is effective in unifying staff at individual sites by having clear and common goals indiviualized to their specific area of education (ie elemntary, middle, high school.) These goals and plans are typically driven by and shared at the district or state level (Fogarty & Pete, 2017).

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Individual Professional Learning Plan

This type of professional development is entirely individualized. With guidance and support from administration a professional educator will create a plan towards growth based off a professional goal. Together they will chose goals; design a plan; impliment, document, and reflect on growth toward the goal. All with the intent of recertification (Professional Growth Plans, 2024).

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Community of Learners

A community of learners is a professional development model where educators team up and collaborate together (Fogery & Pete, 2017). According to Jill Flethcer "Teacher collaboration provides fellow educators opportunities to meet, share insights, create cohesive plans, and work together effectively" (2023). This type of PD is effective becuase it increases student success and can help decrease teacher burn out by bringing people together to share ideas (The Importance of Teacher Collaboration, 2023).

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Districtwide Professional Development

Pro's and Con's

This model for professional development (PD) is great for indroducing an entire faculty to new information (Fogarty & Pete, 2017). Some examples of topics would be: best practices, policy changes, or state/federal initiatives. According to the International Society for Technology in Education's Jennifer Snelling, districtwide PD provide consistency, resiliency, equity, and peer support for participants (2021).

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Remote / Online Learning

The world is every chaning when it comes to technology and what is available. Online courses are widely available for educators. Some in person trainings even have online components for those who may not be able to attend in person. This type of professional development is effective in providing opportunities for learning a wide range of topics. It also allows participants to complete the work at their own pace and in their own time.

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