Professional Development Needs Assessment Planning Scheduling

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Wadesboro Elementary SchoolWadesboro, North
CarolinaAn IMPACT Model School

• Debbie Taylor, Principal
• Melissa Bailey, Media Coordinator
• Stephanie Harward, Technology Facilitator

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What is IMPACT?

• The North Carolina IMPACT Model is a method of
  bringing together technology, media, and
  instructional integration using collaboration and
  flexible access for project based learning.

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Collaboration
Flexible Access
Professional Development
Components Of theIMPACT Model
Personnel
Evaluation
Parental and Community Involvement
Technology Resources
Integration of Information Technology Skills
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Components of Professional Development

• Needs Assessment
• Planning
• Scheduling

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Needs Assessments
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Timing

• School Year
• Beginning of School
• Throughout the school year
• End of School
• New staff additions

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Content

• Annual Needs Assessments
• Awareness of and ability to use available
  resources
• Learning needs
• Ability to share with others
• Need additional help able to use able to
  teach others
• Periodic Needs Assessments
• Areas of interest
• Professional Development Evaluations

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Needs Assessment

• The needs assessment should be tailored for
  your school. It needs to be teacher friendly and
  realistic.
• Keep it simple!
• Example 1
• Example 2

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Data Analysis

• The results from the needs assessment can be
  analyzed using a spreadsheet.
• After areas of need are determined, the data can
  be further examined for particular staff members
  strengths and weaknesses.
• Example Spreadsheet (Needs Assessment)
• Example 2

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• PLANNING
• What to do?

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School Improvement Plan

• The IMPACT model should be incorporated into your
  School Improvement Plan.

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North Carolina Standards

• North Carolina professional development standards
• www.tps.dpi.state.nc.us/

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Meeting NCLB Requirements

• High quality
• Scientifically Based Research
• Multiple Day Training Sessions
• Focused on Student Achievement

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Examples

• Basic Computer applications
• -Whole Group
• -Small Group
• -Individual (one-to-one)
• Integration of Technology
• -Whole Group
• -Small Group
• -Individual (one-to-one)
• Conference Attendance

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Evaluation of Professional Development

• SEIR-Tec form
• District forms
• Refers back to needs assessment

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Scheduling
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How does the IMPACT model facilitate scheduling?

• Flexible scheduling
• Allows Media Specialist and Tech Facilitator to
  be available to conduct professional development
• Collaboration
• Assist teachers in finding instructional
  materials/sites
• Teachers share expertise and ideas

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When?

• During the School Day
• After School
• Workdays
• Summer
• Saturday
• Online

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School Day Professional Development

• Pros
• Great for teachers as they do not have extra time
  added on to the school day
• The teacher is on site to help with classroom
  emergencies
• Teachers are able to go back to the classroom and
  immediately implement the program.

• Cons
• Children without their certified teacher
• Discipline problems
  
• Cost of the substitute

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After School Professional Development

• Pros
• Subs not required
• Cost-effective

• Cons
• Tired, Stressed
• Teachers are not as receptive to new ideas

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Workday Professional Development

• Pros
• Subs not required
• Teachers instructional time protected

• Cons
• Calendar law mandates unencumbered days
• Teachers losing working time in the classroom

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Summer Professional Development

• Pros
• Teachers are motivated with stipends
• Instructional day is not hindered

• Cons
• Teachers vacation time is taken away
• Expensive stipends
  
• Cannot make mandatory
• Time lapse for implementation

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Saturday Professional Development

• Pros
• Teachers are motivated with stipends
• Instructional day is not hindered

• Cons
• Teachers family time is taken away
• Expensive stipends
  
• Cannot make mandatory

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Online Professional Development

• Pros
• Teachers are able to work at their own pace in
  their own time
• Subs not required
• Teachers instructional time protected

• Cons
• Could be costly
• Teachers family time is taken away
• Must be self-motivated
• Monitoring

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Resources

• Media Specialist/Technology Facilitator (in-house
  tech experts)
• DPI Teachers On Loan FREE!
• Teachers Train the Teachers
• LEA Resources
• Intel/ QTL, Teacher Academy
• IHE-Universities, Community College
• RESA
• E-bistro
• NC professional development standards
• Learn NC

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Lessons Learned

• Teacher Buy-in
• Hardware and Software Training
• Start slowly and in small pieces
• Relevant and timely
• Identified responses from Needs Assessment and
  Professional Development evaluations
• One on one professional development is often more
  beneficial than group presentation, especially
  for follow-up.
• Choose presenters carefully.

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What Do We Do Now?

• Share!
• Find experts in your own schools.
• Find experts in your county.
• Use the IMPACT schools as resources
• Crossnore, Clearmont, EJ Hayes, West Edgecombe,
  Spring Lake, Perquimans, Wadesboro, Williford,
  Westwood, Wells
• Contact DPI

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Any Questions? dtaylor_at_anson.k12.nc.us sharward_at_an
son.k12.nc.us mbailey_at_anson.k12.nc.us