Vicki Davis has created an incredible educational resource in her CoolCatTeacher blog. The post I am sharing, 5 Ideas for Fantastic Professional Development contains ideas from Dyane Smokorowski.
I hope you take the time to read the whole article, but I wanted to highlight the main takeaways here. #1: Take Teachers on “field trips” #2 Connect with other teachers in your subject area in other schools #3: Include active learning in teacher professional development #4: Go Outside with teachers: make a walking PLC #5: Create teacher scavenger hunts I have designed professional development for staff, and sat through a lot of it myself. I have heard a lot of feedback from teachers about their experiences; what they found valuable, and even more what they dislike about these experiences. The five ideas above are much more inline with the positive aspects of professional development I have experienced. One thing about Professional Development that I reflect on is -- How does my classroom, or instructional practice match the Professional Development I just experienced? Am I introducing elements of student engagement, activity and movement? Are students able to collaborate, share and lead discussions? Am I providing students the experience that I want to see in Professional Development? I hope you will look at the article and explore the ideas, not just for how we can change Professional Development, but also what we can take away and utilize in our classrooms so students can have Fantastic Educational Experiences. I would love to talk more about how you are implementing the 5 ideas into your classroom and discuss additional ways we can continue to grow in our practice.
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