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Developing Professionals: Developing Professionals: Preparing Technology Preparing Technology

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ITEA Standards Specialist and CATTS Meeting September 23-25, 2005, Baltimore, MD

William E. Dugger, Jr.William E. Dugger, Jr.

Shelli D. MeadeShelli D. Meade

Technological Literacy Technological Literacy StandardsStandards

Addenda to the Addenda to the StandardsStandards

Student Assessment Student Assessment StandardsStandards

(Chapter 3)(Chapter 3)

Professional Professional Development Development

Standards (Chapter Standards (Chapter 4)4)

Program StandardsProgram Standards (Chapter 5)(Chapter 5)

AETL contains:

STLSTL contains the content contains the content standardsstandards

Planning Learning helps educators turn STL into curricula.

AETLAETL contains the professional contains the professional development standardsdevelopment standards

Developing Professionals helps educators develop standards-based in-service and pre-service teacher education programs.

Developing Professionals:Developing Professionals:Preparing Technology TeachersPreparing Technology Teachers

Developing Professionals:Developing Professionals: Preparing Technology Preparing Technology

TeachersTeachers• Section 1:Section 1: OverviewOverview (p. 1)(p. 1)

• Section 2:Section 2: Effective Effective Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment (p. 15)(p. 15)

• Section 3:Section 3: Comprehensive Comprehensive Approach Approach to Teacher to Teacher LearningLearning (p. 27)(p. 27)

• Section 4:Section 4: Teacher Learning Teacher Learning Approaches and Approaches and

VenuesVenues (p. 39) (p. 39)

Developing Professionals:Developing Professionals: Preparing Technology Preparing Technology

TeachersTeachers• Section 5:Section 5: Evaluating Evaluating

Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment (p. 51) (p. 51)

• Section 6:Section 6: Roles and Roles and Responsibilities: A Responsibilities: A

Call to Call to Action Action (p. 69) (p. 69)

Developing Professionals:Developing Professionals: Preparing Technology Preparing Technology

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As As AETLAETL indicates: indicates:

The most important factor The most important factor affecting the quality of affecting the quality of

any technology program is any technology program is the teacher.the teacher.

Section 1 Section 1 (p. 2)(p. 2)

Professional Development: Professional Development: A A continuous process of lifelong learning continuous process of lifelong learning

and growth that begins early in life, and growth that begins early in life, continues through the undergraduate, continues through the undergraduate, pre-service experience, and extends pre-service experience, and extends

through the in-service years.through the in-service years.

Section 1 Section 1 (p. 3)(p. 3)

Considers both . . .Considers both . . .

Pre-Service andPre-Service and

In-Service Teacher EducationIn-Service Teacher Education

Section 1Section 1The Big PictureThe Big Picture

p. 4

Professional Development Program

Teacher Learning

Section 1Section 1Standard PD-1: Professional development will provide Standard PD-1: Professional development will provide

teachers with knowledge, abilities, and understanding teachers with knowledge, abilities, and understanding consistent with consistent with Standards for Technological Literacy: Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of TechnologyContent for the Study of Technology ( (STLSTL).).

  Standard PD-2: Professional development will provide Standard PD-2: Professional development will provide

teachers with educational perspectives on students as teachers with educational perspectives on students as learners of technology.learners of technology.

  Standard PD-3: Professional development will prepare Standard PD-3: Professional development will prepare

teachers to design and evaluate technology curricula teachers to design and evaluate technology curricula and programs.and programs.

Section 1Section 1

Standard PD-4: Professional development will Standard PD-4: Professional development will prepare teachers to use instructional strategies prepare teachers to use instructional strategies that enhance technology teaching, student that enhance technology teaching, student learning, and student assessment.learning, and student assessment.

Standard PD-5: Professional development will Standard PD-5: Professional development will prepare teachers to design and manage prepare teachers to design and manage learning environments that promote learning environments that promote technological literacy.technological literacy.

Section 1Section 1

Standard PD-6: Professional development Standard PD-6: Professional development will prepare teachers to be responsible will prepare teachers to be responsible for their own continued professional for their own continued professional growth.growth.

Standard PD-7: Professional development Standard PD-7: Professional development providers will plan, implement, and providers will plan, implement, and evaluate the pre-service and in-service evaluate the pre-service and in-service education of teachers.education of teachers.

Section 1Section 1Five Questions of Standards-Five Questions of Standards-

Based PlanningBased Planning•Where are we now?Where are we now?

•Where do we want to go?Where do we want to go?

•How are we going to get there?How are we going to get there?

•What knowledge and abilities must What knowledge and abilities must educators possess to get there?educators possess to get there?

•How will we know when we have How will we know when we have arrived?arrived?

Section 1Section 1 (p. 13) (p. 13)

Concludes with a paragraph on . . . Concludes with a paragraph on . . .

Providing Professional Providing Professional Development That MattersDevelopment That Matters

Section 2Section 2Characteristics of Effective Characteristics of Effective Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development

Disclaimer:Disclaimer:

The characteristics provide a “snap-shot” The characteristics provide a “snap-shot” of a standards-based technology of a standards-based technology

program. They are NOT intended to program. They are NOT intended to shorten or substitute for the entirety of shorten or substitute for the entirety of

the Professional Development the Professional Development StandardsStandards

Section 2Section 2Characteristics of Effective Characteristics of Effective Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development

• Starts with standardsStarts with standards

• Improves K-12 student learningImproves K-12 student learning

• Enhances teacher content and Enhances teacher content and pedagogical knowledgepedagogical knowledge

• Promotes professionalismPromotes professionalism(p. 16)(p. 16)

Section 2Section 2Characteristics of Effective Characteristics of Effective Professional Development Professional Development

ContinuedContinued• Aligns with other reform initiativesAligns with other reform initiatives

• Promotes collegiality and collaborative Promotes collegiality and collaborative exchangeexchange

• Is ongoing, career-embedded, and Is ongoing, career-embedded, and sustainedsustained

• Includes accountability measuresIncludes accountability measures(p. 16)(p. 16)

Section 2Section 2Concludes with . . .Concludes with . . .

Scenarios for Professional Scenarios for Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

(pp. 25-26)(pp. 25-26)

Section 3Section 3A Comprehensive Approach to A Comprehensive Approach to

Teacher LearningTeacher Learning

Lay the GroundworkLay the Groundwork

Frame Professional EducationFrame Professional Education

Build Teacher UnderstandingBuild Teacher Understanding

Evaluate Professional EducationEvaluate Professional Education

Section 3Section 3Lay the GroundworkLay the Groundwork

Involve StakeholdersInvolve Stakeholders

Provide Time and ResourcesProvide Time and Resources

Commit to Professional Commit to Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

Section 3Section 3

Frame Professional EducationFrame Professional Education

Identify Teacher Learning Needs Identify Teacher Learning Needs and Establish Goalsand Establish Goals

Define ContentDefine Content

Identify Assessment MeasuresIdentify Assessment Measures

Consider the ContextConsider the Context

Organize Teacher LearningOrganize Teacher Learning

Section 3Section 3

Build Teacher UnderstandingBuild Teacher Understanding

Teacher candidates and Teacher candidates and teachers must be engaged teachers must be engaged

in learning.in learning.

Section 3Section 3

Evaluate Professional EducationEvaluate Professional Education

The professional The professional development program development program

evaluation should ensure evaluation should ensure that the needs of teachers that the needs of teachers

are being met.are being met.*See Also Section 5*See Also Section 5

Section 3Section 3

Concludes with . . .Concludes with . . .

Reflecting on the Reflecting on the PossibilitiesPossibilities

p. 37p. 37

Section 4Section 4Begins with . . . Begins with . . .

Approaches to Teacher LearningApproaches to Teacher Learning

– Action ResearchAction Research– Case DiscussionsCase Discussions– InternshipsInternships– MentoringMentoring– PartnershipsPartnerships– Professional WritingProfessional Writing– Reflective WritingReflective Writing

(pp. 41-45)(pp. 41-45)

Section 4Section 4Approaches to Teacher Learning ContinuedApproaches to Teacher Learning Continued

– Study GroupsStudy Groups– Courses, Workshops, and InstitutesCourses, Workshops, and Institutes– Beyond the University Classroom or K-12 Beyond the University Classroom or K-12

BuildingBuilding– Museums, On-Line Education, Professional Museums, On-Line Education, Professional

Organizations and AgenciesOrganizations and Agencies(pp. 45-46)(pp. 45-46)

Section 4Section 4

Approaches to Teacher Learning Approaches to Teacher Learning ContinuedContinued

– On-line EducationOn-line Education– Professional Organizations and AgenciesProfessional Organizations and Agencies

(p. 47)(p. 47)

Section 4Section 4

Concludes with . . .Concludes with . . .

Reflecting on the Future of Reflecting on the Future of Technological Literacy.Technological Literacy.

(p. 50)(p. 50)

Section 5Section 5

Scope of EvaluationScope of Evaluation

Principles of EvaluationPrinciples of Evaluation

Procedure of EvaluationProcedure of Evaluation

Section 6Section 6Roles and ResponsibilitiesRoles and Responsibilities

Messages to:Messages to:

Teacher CandidatesTeacher Candidates

Teacher EducatorsTeacher Educators

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AdministratorsAdministrators

ConclusionConclusionDeveloping ProfessionalsDeveloping Professionals

Making the vision [of Making the vision [of STLSTL and and AETLAETL] a reality requires that ] a reality requires that

educational professionals educational professionals take action.take action.