*       What has been your experience with PD standards?

Here is Maryland at the State Department of Education there are
Professional Development Standards that are used to approve professional
development activities for certification or renewal of certificates.
These hold for K-12 and adult education. 

*       How do you use PD standards in your work? Or, how are you
planning on using them?

We plan to use them to provide instructional guidance to teachers in the
implementation of our new curriculum that will be implemented in FY2009.
We will be responsive to their needs.  Many teachers are also asking for
technology related skills training.

*       What are some benefits of having PD standards?

The benefits are that adult education and correctional education have
access to an inclusive approval process.  The guidelines fit our needs
and are geared to student learning outcomes and a series of
activities/events that are designed to take an instructor from awareness
to skilled user of the instructional skill/methodology.  We can tap into
any professional development activity that has been approved for use
within the state.  One that is particularly good is on "brain based
research and its implications for instruction."   

*       What are some drawbacks?

It takes considerable planning and development time (2-4 months) to
match the Professional Development Standards and to obtain final
approval.  (Note: Once approved, the professional development activity
can be used as many times as needed.)   I should also say that not all
professional development has to go through this process.  It is only for
those activities that are related to certification/renewal.  

The standards are good guidelines to follow and can be found on the
Maryland State Department of Education website. Standards are attached.
(Where it speaks specifically to children, these areas are waived for
adult educators.)

Fran

 

Dr. Fran Tracy-Mumford

Academic Program Coordinator

Correctional Education

Maryland State Department of Education

200 W. Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

phone: 410.767.0732

fax: 410.333.2254

 

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From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Taylor,
Jackie
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:33 PM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1752] Experiences with PD Standards

 

PD List Colleagues:

As Evelyn noted earlier, the concept of having quality standards for
professional development is relatively new to our field. Yet, there are
some colleagues in particular states who have mentioned that they either
have standards or guiding principles, or that they are currently
developing them.

If you have experience with PD standards or guiding principles, will you
please tell us more? For example, I'd like to hear more from colleagues
in Arizona and their experiences with the National Staff Development
Council Standards. How is this affecting your work in providing quality
PD?

I'd also like to hear from colleagues in Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, California, Tennessee, and others, regarding your
experiences with either PD standards or guiding principles for providing
professional development. For example:

*       What has been your experience with PD standards?

*       How do you use PD standards in your work? Or, how are you
planning on using them?

*       What are some benefits of having PD standards?

*       What are some drawbacks?

This is our opportunity to learn from each other about what makes
quality professional development that improves instruction and learning
for all adults. And it's just the beginning.

I look forward to hearing from you ~

Yours in learning,

Jackie 

Jackie Taylor, jataylor at utk.edu <mailto:jataylor at utk.edu>  

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The draft AALPD Professional Development Standards and indicators can be
found by visiting:

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

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