April 29, 2013

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• Sit in your 2nd coaching groups

WELCOME TOLCRT 6915:

SEMINAR & PRACTICUM IN LITERACY PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Coaching Session #2 Groups

•Joe, Krista, Laura

•Whitney, Kara, Mona

•Alicia, Becky, Aimee

•Kelley, Elizabeth, Katie, Kim

Tonight’s Agenda

Vogt & Shearer ch.11 – “Planning & Implementing Multidimensional Professional Development”

Professional Development: Models, topics, and relevant considerations

Share an article from the journal you selected that you would use for professional development in your current context.

WORKSHOP: Final Coaching Reflection

Course evaluation & feedback; FCQs

CHAPTER 11 “PLANNING & IMPLEMENTING

MULTIDIMENSIONAL PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT”

Planning & Implementing Multidimensional Professional

Development

Review the 2 vignettes on pp. 216-218

•Which PD session would you prefer to attend? Why?

•What are 3-5 advantages in place in the 2nd

vignette that support a successful exchange?

Review the information about Teacher Development

on pages 221-226

• At your table groups, brainstorm ways you can begin to implement the structures that lead to constructive professional development.

• What help or supports would you need to implement these structures in the school/district where you work?

• Create a list of ideas that you can share with your 6915 classmates.

What other aspects of the chapter resonated with you? Discuss at your table & share out

PAGE 218: Models of professional development: Multidimensional pd? Transmission model? Constructivist model?

PAGE 221: Creating a professional development plan (See sample plan pp. 227-

230): Understanding teacher development? Evidence-based PD? Multilayered PD? Sustained PD?

PAGE 227: Components of PD plan: Goals, materials & approaches, study groups, resources, presentations or workshops; coaching teachers?

Page 221-222: Topics & Models used? What is the selection process for PD topics? What are the features of PD models?...in the district where you work?

PAGE 233: Structuring a PD workshop: How to prepare it? Goals? Opening? Agenda? Use of humor? Content? Learning activities? Workshop conclusion?

PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLES

YOU SELECTED

Share the article you brought to be used to support PD in your current context

Discuss the following at your tables:

• Why did you select this article?

• What does the topic and emphasis of this article reveal about the needs within the context where you work?

Share the article you brought to be used to support PD in your current context

• What does it reveal about possible goals shared by your team mates? What does it reveal about your individual goals?

• If you were to use this article to launch a professional study group, what discussion questions would you develop to support the group interactions about this article?

• How might the topic of this article fit within a broader topic of need or interest for the teachers where you work?

BREAK

Workshop: Final Coaching Reflection

Share your draft of the Final Coaching Reflection with at least one of your table mates;

Review the Grading Criteria for the reflection assignment & look for ways to help each other improve the draft with respect to:

depth of thought & the clarity of addressing the prompts;

cohesion of your message; and,

quality of writing.

Before we pause for your feedback…… looking ahead

Be sure to upload your philosophy statement to livetext by May 6.

Go to livetext, look for LCRT 6915; The philosophy statement is the PBA for LCRT 6915.

Semester course grade will not be assigned until this PBA is uploaded onto Livetext.

Course & InstructorEvaluation

Please complete the following: •LCRT 6915 instructor-developed evaluation

•CU System Faculty Course Questionnaire (with #2 pencil)

THANK YOU!!! Your feedback will be used by the Professor AND the LLCRT program to improve the curriculum & instruction of 6915.

YOUR QUESTIONS?

YOUR NAME: ___________________________

Share the journal article you brought to be used to support PD in your current context

JOURNAL ARTICLE • Journal reference (authors, year, title, source/volume/pages).

• If you were to use this article to launch a professional study

group, what 3-4 discussion questions would you develop to support the group interactions about this article?