Professional Development friends,

 

Thank you for your thought provoking messages on professional
development that has helped you to improve your practice, and the
examples of PD standards in your program or state. We've spent some time
exploring quality PD in general, but not too much time on the benefits
and drawbacks of having PD standards. Perhaps we can continue that. 

 

We've designated next week as a Reflection Week to reflect on a summary
of characteristics and examples of quality PD that leads to change, and
to review the draft AALPD Quality PD Standards. 

 

During Part III (beginning Nov. 26), we'll use our summary in
combination with the AALPD draft PD standards to refine a set of PD
standards for our field.

 

Feel free to continue discussing PD Standards on the List during the
Reflection Week. To prepare for Week Three:

1.	Reflect on the quality characteristics generated by list
subscribers (Link A). 
2.	Review the AALPD draft PD Standards (Link B). 

A. For the quality characteristics generated from our discussion, visit:

http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Summary:_PD_Experiences 

 

B. Draft AALPD Standards for Providing Quality Professional Development

http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc 

 

C. To review the entire thread of this week's discourse on our
experiences with PD that leads to change, visit:

http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/PD_Experiences_that_Change_Practi
ce

 -- examples of PD experiences that change are found in the full thread.

 

D. For the background about this work and its research foundation,
visit:

http://www.aalpd.org/priorities_pdstandards.htm  

3.	Please ask yourself the questions listed below, to prepare for
Part III. 

		A.	How well does the AALPD draft measure up with
what subscribers have indicated is quality professional development? 
		B.	From this draft: 

			1.	What are the most important PD standards
or indicators from your perspective? 
			2.	What are the most important standards to
advance PD in your area/state? 
			3.	What PD Standards would be easy to
implement? 
			4.	What would be hard to implement? 
			5.	Is there anything missing? 
			6.	Is there anything that isn't clear? 
			7.	What would need to be in place in order
to make these standards possible? 

I look forward to exploring PD standards with you. Have a great weekend,
everyone!

Warm regards, Jackie

Jackie Taylor, PD List Moderator, jataylor at utk.edu 

 

 

 

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