1. PD 360 On-Demand Professional Development to Improve Learning WELCOME
Cleveland Metropolitan School District Fall 2012
On-Demand Professional Development to Improve Learning

2. Have fun while learning with PD 360
To Introduce School Level Teams to PD360 that will support the “D” in TDES
Time does not allow for extensive individual exploring and practice in PD 360
Our goal is to help you learn the basic functions and features
Set aside time after the training to explore and search and practice
Have you feel comfortable providing similar introductory training to your staff.
Have fun while learning with PD 360

3. PD 360 ?
What is
Why: To introduce school level teams to PD 360 a professional development tool that will support the “D” in TDES.
Benefits:
On-demand access anytime, anywhere on a desktop or a mobile device
Personalized professional learning with more than 2,000 videos and resources on 125 topics
Peer collaboration in an educators-only community with almost 1,000,000 members

4. What is not? PD 360 integrates it all!
It is not simply another mandated program! It is a tool
to pull all programs together—to make connections from
one to another, and integrate demonstrated practices.

5. Training Format Remember . . . Teach, model/demo, practice/play
At times your attention needs to be given to the trainer for you to gain new information.
There will be some time to play and explore
Please take fingers off keys when asked and direct your attention forward.
Teach, model/demo, practice/play

6. PD 360 Login
Please start on the Getting Started with PD 360 document and go as far as you can.
Log in:
Login Name: address
Password: pd360, then, create your own

7. Getting Started with PD 360
Overview of the Tool Bar
Overview of the Deck
Overview of the App Menu

8. Watching the video segments…
The students may not look like yours.
The teachers or administrators will not look like you.
All of the innovations viewed have been proven to improve achievement in a variety of classrooms in diverse locations, urban, suburban, rural.
Focus on the Concepts!

9. Providing solutions to increase learning in today’s schools
How it all Started
The School Improvement Network
Providing solutions to increase learning in today’s schools
The story of its founder:
A teacher who was isolated and saw a vision of opening the best classrooms in America for all to see.
Give a brief history of the company:
The original idea for the company came from it’s founder, John Linton. As a first year teacher, he felt the isolation of being alone with 9th grade science students and no mentoring or coaching. Feeling as if he were violating some ethic, he roamed the halls of the school during his free period eaves dropping on other teachers. With a background in film production, he envisioned opening the classrooms of great teachers through the medium of video for others to learn from. With his wife Blanch, a veteran elementary teacher, they began producing The Video Journal of Education.
Mission: Providing solutions to increase learning in today’s schools.

10. Research has proven PD 360 works!
Video Content
Now—Over 1500 Teacher-friendly video segments
Average length: 10 to 12 minutes
Classroom/instruction –focused programs:
Elementary Editions
Secondary Editions
Limited Programs: Elementary, Middle School, High School
Legacy programs—Older, still current concepts
Job-embedded professional development
Social Networking Features, Community, Groups, Colleagues
Courses featuring Michael Fullan, Marcia Tate, Charlotte Danielson
Research has proven PD 360 works!

11. Take Risks * Grow *
If you want to feel secure, do what you already know how to do. If you want to be a true professional and continue to grow… *go to the cutting edge of your competence which means a temporary loss of security. So whenever you don’t quite know what you’re doing, *know you’re growing. Madeline Hunter    

12. Please contact us District Support and Password Issues
PD360 Tech Support Contact Number:
Telephone:
Tech support—available 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Mountain time

13. Please contact us PD 360 & Observation 360 Help: Feature Requests
Telephone:
Tech support—available 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Mountain time
Feature Requests
Recommendation for adding a software feature to a SINET product.
Content Suggestions:
Recommendation for new video content

14. Remember Always End with a Challenge
Review assignments, share classroom experiences and look at student work since the previous meeting. Study data and student needs. Set the stage for viewing the video by discussing the concepts related to the topic.
Always end with a “Next Steps” challenge to implement a new practice. Determine the details of the next meeting and the video segment to be viewed. Post a thread in the Community.  
Discuss and  process innovations seen in the video to internalize new practices for classroom implementation. Electronic discussions through the Community or in Groups can expand participation and solve issues of time.
Make note in the Journal of new learning discovered in the video that has classroom application to meet student needs and benefits you as a professional.