Invest in Training and Professional Development Section F Strategy Four: Invest in Training and Professional Development

What Leaders of Successful Change Do • Strategy One: C_____ a c______ for c_____ • Strategy Two: D______ and a______ a shared v______ • Strategy Three: P______ and p______ r______ • Strategy Four: Invest in training and professional development • Strategy Five: Assess progress • Strategy Six: Provide continual assistance Tp. F. 1

Invest in Training and Professional Development Outcome 1: Participants will identify the purposes of professional development. Outcome 2: Participants will articulate one source of information and three questions to use in selecting professional development activities. Outcome 3: Participants will describe five delivery models of staff development, three methods of on-the-job learning, and the five attributes of professional learning communities. Outcome 4: Participants will cite sources of evidence that professional development activities were successful. Outcome 5: Participants will construct an Innovation Configuration designed to examine Tp. F. 2

Read to Find Out . . . • What most people think of when they think of staff development. • What one of the most effective forms of professional development is. • The relationship of methods and culture of teaching to student learning. • How American teachers’ work is different from that of teachers in other nations. • What the key concept is in the article. Tp. F. 3

Four Critical Components of Staff Development Purpose Appropriate Choice of Content Evaluation Delivery and Process Tp. F. 4

Invest in Training and Development The purpose of staff development is to . . . So that . . . Tp. F. 5

Invest in Training and Development The choice of content should be based on: And should involve: Three questions to ask are: 1. _______________________________________ 2. _______________________________________ 3. _______________________________________ Tp. F. 6

Five Models of Staff Development Tp. F. 7 Individually Guided Staff Development Observation/Assessment Development/Improvement Involvement in Five Models of Staff Development Inquiry It can look like: Training

The Five Attributes of a Professional Learning Community 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Tp. F. 8

How Do You Know If It Worked? Levels of Evaluation: Sources of Evidence: Tp. F. 9

Professional Development Matrix 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Variations to the right are unacceptable; variations to the left are acceptable. Variations to the left are ideal. Component 1: Component 3: Component 2: Component 4: Tp. F. 10