1. Professional Development: Critical Issues

2. Professional Development
Design Framework
Context
Knowledge
And
Beliefs
Commit to
Vision and
Standards
Analyze
Student
Learning and
Other Data
Set Goals
Plan Do
Evaluate
Critical Issues
Strategies

3. Knowledge and Beliefs Learners and Learning Teachers and Teaching
The Nature of the Disciplines
Effective Professional Development
Change Process

4. Critical Issues Ensuring Equity Building Professional Culture
Developing Leadership
Scaling Up
Building Capacity
Public Support
Supporting Standards
Evaluating Professional Development
Finding Time
Critical Issues

5. Read chapter 4 for next week.
Consider a PD effort that you might initiate (describe in 3-4 sentences, include a little about context).
Pick the 3 most important critical issues from chapter 4 that you think would/should influence your planning these PD experiences.
Write a paragraph about each of the three critical issues that describes why this particular issue is important for YOUR PD design and the first steps you would take in addressing these critical issues within the context of your PD design.
Make six copies of this assignment so you can distribute them to colleagues for discussion and feedback next week.