Hi Everyone,

In light of the recent discussion on the Adult Literacy Professional
Development list about blended models of PD, I have picked the following
article for this week, from issue 5D: Staff Development. There is a lot
of buzz about using technology and the internet in everything, including
PD, so I thought this article might be worth revisiting.

Expanding Access:
Web Resources for States Interested in Improving and Expanding their
Professional Development Systems 
by Lennox McLendon

http://www.ncsall.net/?id=238
 
"For more than 30 years, as a teacher, program director, state director,
and now director of the National Adult Education Professional
Development Consortium (NAEPDC), Dr. Lennox McLendon has provided
professional development opportunities to adult basic educators that
respond to their varied needs and time constraints. For this issue of
Focus on Basics, Dr. McLendon compiled a list of web-based resources,
predominantly posted by states, that he has used successfully in
building a staff development system. Only a sample of the rich resources
available to states interested in exploring professional development
options,they are organized in sections based on six interrelated
components that Dr. McLendon has identified as key to creating an
effective professional development system. State policy, pre-service
training, systems training, responsive professional development,
opportunities for each practitioner to share, and self-evaluation and
program evaluation combine to create an atmosphere in which all
educators are accountable to learn and develop as professionals."
- Jessica Mortensen

I bet many of you could add to this compiled list, which is five years
old by now. (There may also be some sites which are no longer current.)
Please send in other resources, and we could add them to the ALE Wiki.

Do you find this resource list helpful in your efforts? Why or why not?

All the best,
Julie

Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org