A “Just in Time” Professional Development Model Virtual Schools Symposium October 27, 2008 Wisconsin eSchool Network

Our mission as a non-profit network: Member districts retain autonomy in local decisions, but collaborate in providing support for teachers and students while sharing promising practices in teaching and learning.

“A major challenge in professional development is helping teachers ‘unlearn’ the beliefs, values, assumptions, and cultures underlying schools’ standard operating practices.” Chris Dede “Enabling Distributed-Learning Communities via Emerging Technologies” Proceedings of the 2004 Conference of the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE)

“Professional development refers to learning opportunities that engage educators' creative and reflective capacities in ways that strengthen their practice.” Paul Bredeson Bredeson, P.V. (2003). Designs for learning: A new architecture for professional development in schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Education (SITE)

“Given that we all learn in different ways, one might assume that we would teach in different ways, too.” Clayton Christensen, Michael Horn & Curtis Johnson Christensen, C.M., Horn, M.B. & Johnson, C.W. (2008). Disrupting class: How disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns. New York: McGraw Hill

FORMAL LEARNING INFORMAL LEARNING Mentoring, Modeling, Coaching WORKPLACE LEARNING Instructor Led A Converged Approach for Organizational Learning Blogs, Wikis Guided Internet Surfing Self Paced Modules, Objects or Courses Online Communities Information Repositories Experts and Expertise Meetings, Live or Online Learning Hybrid Learning Electronic Performance Support

Resources Used for Group Design and Development Tools for Collaboration Elluminate Live! Basecamp Google Docs Tools for Authoring Educator Lectora

Elluminate Live!

Connie’s Virtual Office

Basecamp

Google Docs

Educator

Lectora

Elements of “Just in Time” Model Repository of lessons, activities and resources Individual modules through full courses Differentiation within lessons and activities Cohorts, lightly facilitated, workshops and presentations Online Teacher Handbook

Existing Components Online Facilitation: Taming the World of Online Learning – 3 graduate credits Week “0” – Preparing for the Course Awareness – Building A Foundation Awareness – A Need for Change? Facilitation – Getting Started Facilitation – Meeting Student Needs Facilitation – Collaboration Facilitation – Putting It All Together Legal, Social, Ethical – Access and Equity Legal, Social, Ethical – Acceptable Use

Existing Components “Just in Time” training for new teachers Navigation and Course Set-up Overview of Virtual School Administrator Initial Contacts: First Day of Class, Welcome Calls and Web Conferences Progress Reports Student orientation mini-courses Week “0” with flexibility for any of the courses

Components in Development Investigating the World of Online Learning 10 weeks, 2-3 hours per week Cohort or lightly facilitated Online Teacher Handbook Taking Flight: Teaching Online Using Educator Extension of “Just in Time” Training Local Contact Handbook Program Manager/ District Contact Handbook

Future Plans: Modular Options, Workshops, and Presentations Strategies for Managing Courses Meeting the Needs of Special Populations Differentiating Curriculum Supervising and Evaluating Online Teachers Responsibilities of a Local Contact Mentoring Online Students Mentoring a New Online Teacher

Future Plans: Modular Options, Workshops, and Presentations Lesson Design Workshops Evaluation/Assessment Setting the Engaging Environment Managing Online Programs Working with Adults in the Online World Elluminate Tools and Strategies Online Practicum Pre-service Teachers and Student Teachers

1.Taking Flight: Teaching Online Using Educator or Just in Time 2.Online Facilitation: Taming the World of Online Learning 3.Module - Strategies for Managing Courses 4.Module - Meeting the Needs of Special Populations Example of Sequence for new K-12 Online Teacher

Example of Sequence for K-12 Administrator 1.Investigating the World of Online Learning 2.Module - Managing Online Programs 3.Module - Supervising and Evaluating Online Teachers

Example of Sequence for PD Curriculum Leader 1.Online Facilitation: Taming the World of Online Learning 2.Module - Working with Adults in the Online World 3.Module - Setting the Engaging Environment 4.Module – Evaluation/Assessment

Example of Sequence for a Local Contact, Mentor/Coach 1.Investigating the World of Online Learning 2.Local Orientation Mini-course 3.Module - Supporting Online Students

Contacts Connie Radtke – Joan Peebles – Greg Mahaffey – Kelly Pochop – Wisconsin eSchool Network website