professional development - school library media centers

Professional DevelopmentProfessional DevelopmentFor Your Teachers.

For Yourself.

For Your Students.

Information Power

Program Administration - Principle 8.

Ongoing staff development - both to maintain professional knowledge and skills and to provide instruction in information literacy for teachers, administrators, and other members of the learning community - is an essential component of the library media program. (p. 100, 111)

Professional Development

You Should Have

• Support of Administration

• Funding

Prof. Dev. for TeachersProf. Dev. for Teachers

Must Be:

• Authentic & Relevant

• Practical

• Scaffolded

• Active Learning

Topics

• Make a list of your teachable talents

– Technology

– Special Needs

– Literacy

– Information Literacy

– Collection Resources

Times for Teaching

• In-Service Days

• Faculty Meetings

• Before or After School

• Lunch

• “Teachable Moments”

Format

• Self-instructional guides (handouts or computer based)

• Webpage links

• Professional collections

• Workshop

• Collaborative teaching

• “Play time”

Format

• Online courses

• Courses through local universities

• Public library professional collections

• Public library classes

When you teach a course…

• Relate content directly to classroom activities, curriculum, and standards.

• Keep school-wide goals in mind.

• Keep activities practical.

• Have teachers actively create a product.

• Keep essential questions in mind.

• Scaffold – especially with technology.

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Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development

PDPsStandard CertificateRenewal PDPs Required

• 150 PDPs for primary area

• Minimum of 120 points must be in the content/pedagogy of primary area and a minimum of 90 points of that 120 must be in content

• Minimum of 10 hours in a topic

• Each additional area must have 30 points in content

• http://www.doe.mass.edu/recert/2000guidelines/appa.html• PDPactivityrecord.doc• PDPtemplate.doc

How does the library fit in?

Support literacy learning

Language essentials for teachers of reading and spelling (LETRS) training (K–3)

Early steps in writing to support reading comprehension

(GR K–3)

Looking Inside the Classroom: What administrators need to know about effective literacy instruction

Applying and acquiring storytelling skills in the classroom and library

Support your local library

Boston Public Library: Art, Architecture and the Public Square

Learn to reach out to your school community

Sheltering Instruction in Middle School Mathematics

An Introduction to the Education of Advanced, Talented and Creative Learners

Multicultural Interactions in the Classroom

Enriching Content for English Language Learners

Reading and Writing in Secondary Sheltered Content Classrooms

Wilson Reading System Intensive Model

Technology and Professional Development Training Courses

VoyagerU

… professional development programs combine group interaction and online technology to produce an effective and convenient training model.

Intended Audience: a team of 9–10 teachers, including involvement of the literacy coach and principal

Training of Trainers Course for Category I SEI PD: Introduction to Second Language Learning and Teaching

This course will train trainers to provide teachers with basic knowledge regarding key factors affecting second language acquisition, and implications of these factors on classroom organization and instruction, as well as the implications of cultural difference for classroom organization and instruction.

Engaging Students with Interactive Technology

Desktop Publishing with Microsoft Word

Introduction to iMovie and Digital Video Cameras in the Classroom

Intro to Web 2.0: Harness the Education Power of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, YouTube and More.

Professional Literature

• Review Journals

• School library/library magazines

• Books on school culture

• Books on school libraries

• Blogs

• PUBLISH!

Conferences and Workshops&

Grants

Looking outside the Box

• Explore other subject areas

• Explore special needs areas

• Explore professional development training

We are in an exciting position in terms of Professional

Development!

We can be a teacher and a learner.We can cross curriculum.

We can be creative with program development.

Some Useful Websites

• Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html

• Program Administration: Professional Development. http://eduscapes.com/sms/ administration/profdevelop.html

• Dept. of Education Classes http://www.doe.mass.edu/pd/

• Massachusetts Teacher’s Association MTA.pdf

• EDCO edcocollab.org