Productivity & Professional Practice TF/TL Standard V CPED 5406 Johnson Bible College Dr. Tony Krug

Ways of Working & Learning Office work: Word Processing Spreadsheets Databases Presentation Calendar Document Sharing Basic AV: Drawing Graphics/Photo editing Video editing Sound edit/composing Concept mapping Advanced AV: Animation Computer-assisted design Modeling/visualizati on Virtual Reality/3D rendering Teacher tools: Puzzle makers Test/survey makers Rubric makers Web tools: Browser/search eng. Instant messaging Blogs Wikis Discussion Forums Adv. web tools: Video Conferencing VoIP Web authoring Podcasting RSS Misc tools: Project Mgt Learning mgt.syst. Collaborative Mtg Spc

Technology & Professional Practice Preparing for Instruction Implementing Instruction Assessing Instruction Reflecting on Instruction Modifying Instruction Involving Parents Communicating with the Community Completing Administrative Duties Participating in Professional Growth Activities

Characteristics of Effective Professional Practice Innovative Creative Generative Adaptive Collaborative “Fast”

Conditions for Effective Professional Practices in Education Centered on student learning Shared responsibility – Diversity w/ collaboration & interdependence – Accountability Data-informed decisions – Opportunities for reflection/inquiry – Allowed to go outside norms – Information rich environment Open communication infrastructure – Mechanisms for sharing knowledge – Distributed leadership Support & incentives/Celebrations of success

Discussions Review the National Staff Development Council Standards for Staff Development (2001), p. 108 – Note ways these standards reflect Conditions for Effective Professional Practices for Education Discuss Performance Scenarios 4 & 5 on p. 115 In the Case Study (p ) what are 6 ways the PLC at Stevenson manifested collaboration and a unified focus? – What sorts of things were implemented to help develop the professional learning plan for each teacher? Consider Discussion Questions (esp. 1-4), p