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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>PD friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I have been soaking in the discussions this week! Thank
you so much for such a rich exchange of reflections on how we learn and grow
professionally. I’ve captured sound-bytes from our discussions, and
sifted them into some general categories which I’m sure we’ll
continue to refine. But here’s a starting point of what I’m hearing
so far. It’s important that you tell me what I’ve missed, as I don’t
want to miss a thing! If I’ve left out points or you see ways to clarify or
expand what I’m capturing below, please post it to the PD List.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>-- What PD experiences that lead to change have not yet
been raised?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Yours, Jackie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Jackie Taylor, PD List Moderator, <a
href="mailto:jataylor@utk.edu">jataylor@utk.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>PS – to catch up on this discussion,
the posts are now in one thread and can be found at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><a
href="http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/PD_Experiences_that_Change_Practice">http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/PD_Experiences_that_Change_Practice</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Question:</span></font><i><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>Thinking back on
your own journey as an educator, tell us about what has helped you make a shift
in your thinking and acting-a PD experience or combination of experiences that
you felt has helped you to improve your practice. (...versus something that you
enjoyed attending but it didn't make a difference in the long run.) <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>If you are
professional development staff, please also tell us about what you've seen to
be effective in leading to teacher change. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Sound-bytes of responses:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[In-depth PD]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l5 level1 lfo8'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>We especially benefit
from new learning that is connected to what we already know, that extends
and challenges our understanding, knowledge and skills. This is a
constructivist or project-based approach to learning<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l5 level1 lfo8'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Participants need to
have control of the learning activities, to tailor them to their own
needs, their own goals and levels of knowledge and experience. They also
need to be able to explore their own questions, and to connect what they
are learning with what they are doing in their classrooms. This cannot be
done in one workshop. It requires opportunities to learn, try out,
synthesize, and share with colleagues. This in-depth professional
development, the kind that significantly improves practice, takes time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l5 level1 lfo8'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Experiential and immersion learning
experiences – having students (and thus teachers in professional
development) experience what they are expected to learn<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[Reflective Practice]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Teachers experience
their own evaluation of their own ways of learning and teaching and
reflect on what THAT kind of learning is. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Teach them how to become
reflective learners<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Make change then
reflect on that change <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[Choice]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Task based learning and
experiential learning I think work together to promote reflective practice and
transformative learning. But neither of these will be as rich, if the educator
doesn't choose what he/she wants to work on and have a strong understanding of
why. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[Self-Directed Learning]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>This is where REAL PD
comes in-- people who work with learners who have never been taught the
power of self-directed learning--how to do it effectively and
authentically-- need to learn through good PD to be able to communicate to
such learners positive views of their being able to learn how to be
learners. I always tell my training groups that learners, like children,
always live up or down to the expectations of their teachers--just as the
learners at that center in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place>
do--they drop out because from the first, the expectation is that they
will.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Getting out of the “cook
book” mode<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The whole approach to
learning in adult education, it seems to me, has been adopted wholesale
from the teacher-centered, lesson-plan culture of K-12--and it is the
antithesis of what adult learners need to thrive. When I try to get
teachers to think about methods such as learning centers or individual
learning plans or folders, both methods where learners make their own
decisions about what they want to learn and how, the first response is
always, "You mean I will have to do 15 different lesson plans??"
I had one teacher in a PD session rise up in annoyance and tell me she
could NEVER do this kind of teaching because it would mean students might
TALK. (This was an ESOL training, too.....) As I say, the need to control
the classroom to feel competent is pretty deeply ingrained.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[On motivating teachers to consider change] <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>It seems that helping
people talk/think through what they do, where they feel they're strong and
then where they feel they might learn, might be a good way to start.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Seeing what other
adult education teachers were doing in their classrooms, even the
classroom next door<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Trying to motivate
practitioners to become more interested in PD is to put them through
simulations. Let them experience low literacy and then relate the
simulation to the technique you are trying to teach.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Interactive<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Multiple context
approach<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana'>[Curriculum]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Flexibility with
curriculum - employing a 'living curriculum' can take much pressure off the
teacher and encourage student autonomy and buy in. The most gratifying part of
this is that I continue to learn in tandem with the students which I feel is a
great demonstration of respect for who they are and what they offer to the
community of learning. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[Time to Share With Other Educators]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Provide lots of opportunities
for networking - one of the biggest complaints we get regarding inservices
is that there was not enough time to share. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The hard part about PD is
that we all want something that we can take and apply immediately-
however, there are few techniques or strategies that will work in 100% of
our varied situations. I have found that some of the most valuable time
spent in PD workshops and meetings, is the time I spend talking to other
educators about their adaptations of a technique or strategy. These
conversations have helped me in 3 ways: <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo6'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I
have the opportunity to think about how what we are learning can apply to
my situation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo6'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I
have the chance to get other ideas from educators that I might not have
heard from- enabling me to think of still more creative ways to use what
we are learning in the PD seminar. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level2 lfo6'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>If
we are talking about a strategy or technique that I am already familiar
with (as frequently happens in PD seminars), I have the time to think
about it in a new or creative way, and bounce ideas off other
professionals. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Sharing with other
teachers - Other posts have mentioned this, and I see it as important in
two ways. The first is to help avoid the perennial "reinvent the
wheel." The second is that I feel it goes a long way towards treating
part-time teachers as professional, contributing members of the
department. So often, I feel like part-time professional development takes
an almost remedial tone. But I know that my colleagues are doing creative,
exciting things in their classrooms, and I would love to learn about it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[Follow-Up]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l6 level1 lfo4'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>We don't expect our
students to learn new skills without feedback on their performance. Why do
we expect it of our teachers? I personally have only had one professional
development experience that included follow-up mechanisms. And that was
the only professional development workshop that has significantly changed
my philosophy and my teaching practice (it was about student voice and
student leadership in the classroom).<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l6 level1 lfo4'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Follow up not only
makes teachers accountable, but also allows them to see success through
change<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>[PD policies]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Mandated professional
development - </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Isn't lifelong learning what
our profession is all about?</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Pay - This may sound
petty, but it's not. If I have to divide my already low per hour wage by
the mandatory unpaid admin work, the unpaid prep time, and then mandatory
unpaid professional development time, I'm coming out around minimum wage.
And professional development, even if it has no registration fee, is still
not free to a part-timer. Almost for sure, I will have either child care
or transportation costs associated with my attendance.</span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[Treatment as Professionals]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Agendas & needs -
Some people have asked how to get buy-in from reluctant teachers. Have you
asked them what they want to learn? I know it is tempting as an
administrator to "know" what your teachers need. And you may
have a very valid point. But so often as I sit in our semester in-service,
I feel like what is called "professional development" is really
more like an indoctrination. The state requires X, the program requires Y,
and good teachers do Z. Great, but what I really wish is that the program,
which needs to accomplish both X and Y, would have a genuine conversation
with the teachers about how we as a group can best meet those requirements
AND provide the best possible learning experience to students. As a whole,
part-timers may not have the credentials of full-timers, but we have an
awful lot of practical experience and we are often the ones who have to
buy in and carry out the activities needed to really get the program to X
and Y. This is, again, a question of treating part-time teachers as professionals.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Shared opportunities
for PD between both part-time and full-time staff<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[Individual responsibility]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>With the changes and
the increased demands of our profession, we have a responsibility to learn
how to do the best job we can for the learners in our program. They are
investing precious time and, in order to respect this, we must make sure
we are providing the highest quality service available today. After all,
change is inevitable and we must all learn from each other to keep up with
this change.</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[Value]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Value learners’
contributions - Let them know that their contributions are invaluable and
proceed to treat them that way.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[PD Planning]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Provides framework
for PD that leads to teacher change<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Based on what’s
needed to improve student outcomes<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Program and
individual plans that align with student and teacher needs for learning<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[Resources and Other Incentives]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Free resources<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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