Moanalua High School Professional Development Plan

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Moanalua High School Professional Development
Plan

• A Three Year Model

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The New Paradigm

• Provides Accountability
• Teacher-centered
• Tied to Student Achievement
• Integrated with personal career
• objectives

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The New Paradigm

• Performance-based
• Use of teacher portfolio
• Requires use of technology as a tool
• (Source A New Model for the Professional
  Development of Teachers, D. Galera)

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The Research

• School as a learning community
• (Breaking Ranks)
• Professional growth connected to student growth
• Principal as instructional leader
• Supportive environment
• Teachers as Learners

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The Vision

• A Teacher in Every Classroom
• Who
• Is continually learning
• Is reflective of his / her practices
• Models learning for his / her students
• Is able to articulate, demonstrate, and document
  his / her professional growth

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The Data

• The Professional Development
• SBL Survey
• Index of Learning Styles
• LOTI
• On-going Assessment

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The Plan

• Three Year Cycle
• Focus on Standards-based Learning
• (Standards Alliance Process)
• Mirror or parallel student learning
• Environment to Support Process
• Teacher Portfolio Culminating Products
• Professional
• Advancement

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Culminating Product

• Measures learner understanding and
• application of concepts
• Projects or performances based on
• issues, concepts or problems
• Task should be authentic
• (From Constructing Units of Study A Guide for
  Standards Based Instruction)

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Teacher PD Culminating Products

• Conference Presentation
• Professional Journal
• Tech Product
• Portfolio

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Culminating Products include

• Introduction
• Context of curriculum
• PD goals
• Artifacts
• Your work
• Student Work
• Analysis, conclusion, projection

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Building the Background Deepening the
Understanding Applying the Understanding
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Building the Background

• Driving Questions
• How do we create a
• culture of learning / scholarship?
• What is a standards-based classroom?
• How can teachers create standards-based
  classroom?

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Deepening the Understanding

• Driving Questions
• How can the Best Emerging Practices based on
  research foster the learners professional
  growth?
• How does the emerging learning environment
  impact teaching/learning?
• What supportive infrastructure is needed to
  nurture professional growth?

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Applying the Understanding

• Conference Products
• Presentation
• Journal
• Tech Product
• Portfolio

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Support Infrastructure

• Multiple Strategies
• Flexible
• Human Infrastructure
• Teacher Driven
• Support Teams
• Technical Infrastructure
• Online Resources

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Assessment

• Teacher Centered
• Based on Inquiry
• Final Portfolio

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In Retrospect

• Insights
• Challenges