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[ProfessionalDevelopment 1765] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment Digest, Vol 26, Issue 34Caren Fairweather cfairweather at misn-ny.orgFri Nov 30 11:44:35 EST 2007
In response to Ira' and Kate's emails, below, in the mid-90's NYSED was looking into creating a portfolio system to credential adult literacy teachers (since NYS has no degree or certification in Adult Literacy). I particpated on the statewide work group. And, as I recall, as Ira suggests, the lack of funding to support professional development was a main reason the project came to a screeching halt. In New York, the lion's share of Adult Literacy instructors are part time employees. In many cases they are not covered by the same employee benefits as full time public school K-12 teachers, who get pay increases or steps upon completing a Masters' Degree, attaining permanent certification, etc. So I guess I am adding details to Kate and Ira's missives - And I need to pose the question: what must we do to validate and professionalize adult literacy and provide teachers of it comparable professional opportunities, including salary and benefits, time off for professional deevlopment, etc. The obvious partial answer is to create a mechanism for funding public adult literacy education. Can't say I have an answer to that one! Caren Fairweather Executive Director Maternal-Infant Services Network Central Valley, NY -----Original Message----- From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Kate.Brandt at mail.cuny.edu Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:57 AM To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1763] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment Digest, Vol 26, Issue 34 I want to second Ira on this. I've been a staff developer for the CUNY's adult literacy programs for a number of years, so obviously I believe that staff development can make a difference. In the funding structures we currenly operate in, however, in which being an ABE/GED instructor requires no formal training and is not compensated by benefits or a living wage, the idea that each teacher can have an individual PD plan seems "pie in the sky." Before such standards could be adopted, we'd have to work to make sure that there's funding to support them. Otherwise, as Ira pointed out, these could become simply another under- or non-funded accountability measure. I also have some questions about the standards. What is "universal design?" And exactly which evidence-based teaching practices will we, as staff developers, be expected to pass on to teachers? Thanks, Kate Brandt ABE/GED Staff Developer City University of New YOrk "Yankwitt Ira (79K755)" <IYankwitt at schools.nyc.gov> Sent by: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov 11/29/2007 02:50 PM Please respond to The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> To <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> cc Subject [ProfessionalDevelopment 1762] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment Digest, Vol 26, Issue 34 I very much appreciate the spirit of Cindy's post. Back in May, I changed jobs from directing the state-funded professional development project for New York City, to overseeing professional development initiatives for NYC's largest program. The program I now work for (the NYC Dept. of Education's Office of Adult and Continuing Education) has over 400 teachers and nearly 800 classes citywide. I think the PD Standards are both visionary and comprehensive. At the same time, as my job has changed from thinking about professional development systems at a macro level to thinking about professional development implementation at a program level, the PD standards have gone from unqualifiedly inspiring to somewhat frightening. My concern is that unless the adoption of the Standards is preceded by an increase in funding for professional development infrastructure and resources, they will go from being a blueprint for systems-building to simply another accountability burden for local programs. Ira Yankwitt Director of Program Initiatives Office of Adult and Continuing Education NYC Department of Education -----Original Message----- From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of professionaldevelopment-request at nifl.gov Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 1:47 PM To: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov Subject: ProfessionalDevelopment Digest, Vol 26, Issue 34 Send ProfessionalDevelopment mailing list submissions to professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to professionaldevelopment-request at nifl.gov You can reach the person managing the list at professionaldevelopment-owner at nifl.gov When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ProfessionalDevelopment digest..." Today's Topics: 1. [ProfessionalDevelopment 1759] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment Digest, Vol 26, Issue 33 (Cindy Fischer) 2. [ProfessionalDevelopment 1760] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment Digest, Vol 26, Issue 33 (Fran Mumford) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:18:58 -0500 From: "Cindy Fischer" <CFischer at Harford.edu> Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1759] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment Digest, Vol 26, Issue 33 To: <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> Message-ID: <474EAE320200001700352EF6 at ADM4.Harford.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In response to Fran Mumford's contribution, I'd like to add a few things. As an Instructional Specialist for one of the programs in the State of MD which works with the MD State Department of Education, I and the rest of the IS's in the State were given the PD Standards "rollout" at a meeting in October. The standards were developed by a group of stakeholders over a year's time. There are some problems, however, in how these standards will be implemented. For example, MD still has no real set of courses that an instructor, from beginning to experienced, must have in order to keeping teaching. Furthermore, there is no instructor certification or recognition attached to the implementation of these standards, which makes them difficult to "enforce." At the IS meeting in October, we were told there would be work groups who would help come up with a more streamlined package. I am all for standards and I think the standards the workgroup came up with are great. I'm just wor ried, as the IS who has to manage and implement professional development for an entire program, that this could become a "dicey" task, especially where our instructors are concerned. I know that professional development is an important aspect of instruction and that our instructors deserve the best. However, they also deserve to be compensated. As a State which receives considerably less dollars for its Adult Education programs, money becomes a central issue. I am sure we will come to an excellent resolution if we are given the time to carefully structure the implementation of the standards. Sincerely, Cindy Fischer IS President, MAACCE Hello Fran and others, Fran, thanks so much for sharing the Maryland PD Standards. I've posted them, along with the CALPRO guiding principles, in the PD Area of the ALE Wiki for reference. http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Quality_Professional_Development I've read through them and now I'm wondering how standards are used in various states to select the professional development that's provided. Would someone please say more about that? In order to be considered quality, must the PD offering meet all standards, for example? Thanks again, Jackie ________________________________ From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Fran Mumford Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:00 AM To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1756] Re: Experiences with PD Standards * 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 ________________________________ 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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/200711 29/d70ab881/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:47:19 -0500 From: "Amy Trawick" <atrawick at charter.net> Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1758] Re: Experiences with PD Standards To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List" <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> Message-ID: <008b01c8329f$1ff1ac60$0301a8c0 at AMY> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Experiences with PD StandardsFran, thank you for sharing Maryland's PD Standards. At one point you say, It takes considerable planning and development time (2-4 months) to match the Professional Development Standards and to obtain final approval. Could you talk some more about what's involved in "matching" the PD Standards? For instance, does a PD event need to meet every indicator (I assume not) or one indicator from each standard--or is there some other scheme? I'm just curious about practical applications of a set of PD standards. Thanks much, Amy Amy R. Trawick North Wilkesboro, NC atrawick at charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Fran Mumford To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:00 AM Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1756] Re: Experiences with PD Standards ? 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The draft AALPD Professional Development Standards and indicators can be found by visiting: http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ ---------------------------------------------------- National Institute for Literacy Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment Email delivered to atrawick at charter.net Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Adult_Literacy_Professional_Devel opment ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ No virus found in this incoming message. 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Name: Cindy Fischer1.vcf Url: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/200711 29/fda79c8e/attachment-0001.ksh ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:41:18 -0500 From: "Fran Mumford" <fmumford at msde.state.md.us> Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1760] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment Digest, Vol 26, Issue 33 To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List" <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> Message-ID: <2433CF3169B9054193EB844AC38230CC0B4C917A at msebex1.msde.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I will also mention there is a slightly different set of requirements for k-12 teachers, adult education professionals who receive grants from the state, and correctional education professionals who work for the state. My previous statements could have been a little misleading. There is tremendous latitude within the portfolio of courses that are currently developed for teachers. For some correctional education teachers, there are specific requirements to obtain initial certification; otherwise, the activities are through personal choice or specific program requirement, if s program places a requirement for all of their teachers to take a specific activity/course. Hope this serves to clarify. 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 ________________________________ From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Cindy Fischer Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:19 PM To: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1759] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment Digest,Vol 26, Issue 33 In response to Fran Mumford's contribution, I'd like to add a few things. As an Instructional Specialist for one of the programs in the State of MD which works with the MD State Department of Education, I and the rest of the IS's in the State were given the PD Standards "rollout" at a meeting in October. The standards were developed by a group of stakeholders over a year's time. There are some problems, however, in how these standards will be implemented. For example, MD still has no real set of courses that an instructor, from beginning to experienced, must have in order to keeping teaching. Furthermore, there is no instructor certification or recognition attached to the implementation of these standards, which makes them difficult to "enforce." At the IS meeting in October, we were told there would be work groups who would help come up with a more streamlined package. I am all for standards and I think the standards the workgroup came up with are great. I'm just worried, as the IS who has to manage and implement professional development for an entire program, that this could become a "dicey" task, especially where our instructors are concerned. I know that professional development is an important aspect of instruction and that our instructors deserve the best. However, they also deserve to be compensated. As a State which receives considerably less dollars for its Adult Education programs, money becomes a central issue. I am sure we will come to an excellent resolution if we are given the time to carefully structure the implementation of the standards. Sincerely, Cindy Fischer IS President, MAACCE Hello Fran and others, Fran, thanks so much for sharing the Maryland PD Standards. I've posted them, along with the CALPRO guiding principles, in the PD Area of the ALE Wiki for reference. http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Quality_Professional_Development I've read through them and now I'm wondering how standards are used in various states to select the professional development that's provided. Would someone please say more about that? In order to be considered quality, must the PD offering meet all standards, for example? Thanks again, Jackie ________________________________ From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] <mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov%5d> On Behalf Of Fran Mumford Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:00 AM To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1756] Re: Experiences with PD Standards * 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 ________________________________ From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] <mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov%5d> 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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/200711 29/d70ab881/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:47:19 -0500 From: "Amy Trawick" <atrawick at charter.net> Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1758] Re: Experiences with PD Standards To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List" <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> Message-ID: <008b01c8329f$1ff1ac60$0301a8c0 at AMY> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Experiences with PD StandardsFran, thank you for sharing Maryland's PD Standards. At one point you say, It takes considerable planning and development time (2-4 months) to match the Professional Development Standards and to obtain final approval. Could you talk some more about what's involved in "matching" the PD Standards? For instance, does a PD event need to meet every indicator (I assume not) or one indicator from each standard--or is there some other scheme? I'm just curious about practical applications of a set of PD standards. Thanks much, Amy Amy R. Trawick North Wilkesboro, NC atrawick at charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Fran Mumford To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:00 AM Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1756] Re: Experiences with PD Standards ? 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] <mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov%5d> 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The draft AALPD Professional Development Standards and indicators can be found by visiting: http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ ---------------------------------------------------- National Institute for Literacy Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment Email delivered to atrawick at charter.net Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Adult_Literacy_Professional_Devel opment ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ No virus found in this incoming message. 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