1. Sustaining Professional Development Initiatives

2. Why?
Why do we engage in professional development?
Are participants always clear on why they are participating in professional development?
Are participants clear on the intended outcomes and connections to campus/district improvement initiatives?
How?
What?
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3. Why
The purpose, cause or belief should drive …
How – focus on guiding principles and specific actions to realize the Why
What – tangible proof or results
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4. When planning and communicating with participants we often fail to share
Why
We do state the goals of the session, we often fail to make the connection to the larger context or initiative.

5. Without the Why the How and What can appear to be disconnected.
Participants may say or think
Why am I participating in this session?
What is expected of me?
This is just another thing I am expected to do …

6. Challenge Over Time Professional Development
District/Campus Goal
Professional Development
Supported implementation
Resources
Shared Learning – Learning Communities

7. This example is taken from a larger document that states the campus goals in alignment with their campus improvement plan.

8. Instructional Coaching Model lessons Site visits
Training
Peer observations
PLC
Book study
Webinar series
Instructional Coaching
Model lessons
Site visits
Initial training and follow up support can take many different approaches depending on the need of the individual

9. Example:
Campus improvement plan identifies effective questioning as a target area
Why:
Improving the academic achievement of students through effective questioning techniques.
How:
Improved questioning techniques raise the level of student engagement and rigor in the classroom.
Effective training, ongoing support, and resources will support a change in classroom questioning.
What: Classroom observations will provide data indicating that teacher and student questions challenge knowledge, understanding, and critical thinking in connection with the standards.

10. Design team Collect data Facilitate goal setting
Communicate connections
Design supported professional development (multi-year plan)
Evaluate progress toward goals
Continued communication
Clarifying next steps
Planning for improvement of campus questioning will include
defining effective questioning
investigation of the current implementation of effective questioning
resources currently available

11. Instructional Coaching Model lessons Site visits
Training
Peer observations
PLC
Book study
Webinar series
Instructional Coaching
Model lessons
Site visits
The campus plan may have options for different individuals based on their current state of implementation and goals

13. Sustaining Professional Development
2 Big Ideas
Ensuring communication of Why
Providing ongoing support of implementation

14. Putting It Into Action Begin now Planning for the 14-15 school year
Continued support of district and campus improvement plans
New courses
House Bill 5 Requirements
Budgeting for Professional Development
Purchase/Selection of Instructional Materials
Implementation of New TEKS

15. Putting It Into Action We can help Planning Communicating Connecting
Building the plan
Creating proposals
Supporting district goals – common language and communication when ESC Staff are working with the district

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Jennifer Drumm Cindy Hamilton