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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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.&nbsp; My previous statements could have been a little misleading.
&nbsp;There is tremendous latitude within the portfolio of courses that are
currently developed for teachers. &nbsp;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.
&nbsp;&nbsp;Hope this serves to clarify.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Fran<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Arial Black"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'>Dr. Fran
Tracy-Mumford</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Arial Black"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'>Academic Program
Coordinator</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'>Correctional
Education</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'>Maryland State
Department of Education</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Cindy Fischer<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 29, 2007
12:19 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
professionaldevelopment@nifl.gov<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [ProfessionalDevelopment
1759] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment Digest,Vol 26, Issue 33</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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font-family:Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>In response to Fran Mumford's contribution, I'd like to add a few
things.&nbsp; As an Instructional Specialist for&nbsp;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
&quot;rollout&quot; at a meeting in October.&nbsp; The standards were developed
by a group of stakeholders over a year's time.&nbsp; There are some problems,
however, in how these standards&nbsp;will be implemented.&nbsp; For example, MD
still has no real set of courses that an instructor, from beginning to
experienced, must have in order to keeping teaching.&nbsp; Furthermore, there
is no instructor certification or recognition attached to the implementation of
these standards, which makes them difficult to &quot;enforce.&quot;&nbsp; At
the&nbsp;IS meeting in October, we were told there would be work groups who
would help come up with a more streamlined package.&nbsp; I am all for
standards and I think the standards the workgroup came up with are great.&nbsp;
I'm just worried, as the IS who has to manage and implement professional
development for an entire program, that this could become a &quot;dicey&quot;
task, especially where our instructors are concerned.&nbsp; I know that
professional development is an important aspect of instruction and that our
instructors deserve the best.&nbsp; However, they also deserve to be
compensated.&nbsp; As a State which&nbsp;receives considerably less dollars for
its Adult Education programs, money becomes a central issue.&nbsp; I am sure we
will come to an excellent&nbsp;resolution if we are given the time
to&nbsp;carefully structure the implementation of the standards.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>Cindy Fischer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>IS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>President,&nbsp;MAACCE<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
Hello Fran and others,<br>
<br>
Fran, thanks so much for sharing the Maryland PD Standards. I've posted<br>
them, along with the CALPRO guiding principles, in the PD Area of the<br>
ALE Wiki for reference.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Quality_Professional_Development">http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Quality_Professional_Development</a>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I've read through them and now I'm wondering how standards are used in<br>
various states to select the professional development that's provided.<br>
Would someone please say more about that? In order to be considered<br>
quality, must the PD offering meet all standards, for example? <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks again, Jackie<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
________________________________<br>
<br>
From: professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov<br>
[<a href="mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov%5d">mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov]</a>
On Behalf Of Fran<br>
Mumford<br>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:00 AM<br>
To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">The Adult Literacy Professional Development
 Discussion List</st1:PersonName><br>
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1756] Re: Experiences with PD<br>
Standards<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What has been your experience with PD
standards?<br>
<br>
Here is <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Maryland</st1:place></st1:State>
at the State Department of Education there are<br>
Professional Development Standards that are used to approve professional<br>
development activities for certification or renewal of certificates.<br>
These hold for K-12 and adult education. <br>
<br>
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How do you use PD standards in your work?
Or, how are you<br>
planning on using them?<br>
<br>
We plan to use them to provide instructional guidance to teachers in the<br>
implementation of our new curriculum that will be implemented in FY2009.<br>
We will be responsive to their needs.&nbsp; Many teachers are also asking for<br>
technology related skills training.<br>
<br>
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What are some benefits of having PD
standards?<br>
<br>
The benefits are that adult education and correctional education have<br>
access to an inclusive approval process.&nbsp; The guidelines fit our needs<br>
and are geared to student learning outcomes and a series of<br>
activities/events that are designed to take an instructor from awareness<br>
to skilled user of the instructional skill/methodology.&nbsp; We can tap into<br>
any professional development activity that has been approved for use<br>
within the state.&nbsp; One that is particularly good is on &quot;brain based<br>
research and its implications for instruction.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
<br>
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What are some drawbacks?<br>
<br>
It takes considerable planning and development time (2-4 months) to<br>
match the Professional Development Standards and to obtain final<br>
approval.&nbsp; (Note: Once approved, the professional development activity<br>
can be used as many times as needed.)&nbsp;&nbsp; I should also say that not
all<br>
professional development has to go through this process.&nbsp; It is only for<br>
those activities that are related to certification/renewal.&nbsp; <br>
<br>
The standards are good guidelines to follow and can be found on the<br>
Maryland State Department of Education website. Standards are attached.<br>
(Where it speaks specifically to children, these areas are waived for<br>
adult educators.)<br>
<br>
Fran<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Dr. Fran Tracy-Mumford<br>
<br>
Academic Program Coordinator<br>
<br>
Correctional Education<br>
<br>
Maryland State Department of Education<br>
<br>
200 <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">W. Baltimore Street</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">MD</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">21201</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
<br>
phone: 410.767.0732<br>
<br>
fax: 410.333.2254<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
________________________________<br>
<br>
From: professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov<br>
[<a href="mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov%5d">mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov]</a>
On Behalf Of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taylor</st1:place></st1:City>,<br>
Jackie<br>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:33 PM<br>
To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">The Adult Literacy Professional Development
 Discussion List</st1:PersonName><br>
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1752] Experiences with PD Standards<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
PD List Colleagues:<br>
<br>
As Evelyn noted earlier, the concept of having quality standards for<br>
professional development is relatively new to our field. Yet, there are<br>
some colleagues in particular states who have mentioned that they either<br>
have standards or guiding principles, or that they are currently<br>
developing them.<br>
<br>
If you have experience with PD standards or guiding principles, will you<br>
please tell us more? For example, I'd like to hear more from colleagues<br>
in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State>
and their experiences with the National Staff Development<br>
Council Standards. How is this affecting your work in providing quality<br>
PD?<br>
<br>
I'd also like to hear from colleagues in <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>,
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:place></st1:State>,<br>
<st1:State w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>,
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:place></st1:State>,
and others, regarding your<br>
experiences with either PD standards or guiding principles for providing<br>
professional development. For example:<br>
<br>
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What has been your experience with PD
standards?<br>
<br>
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How do you use PD standards in your work?
Or, how are you<br>
planning on using them?<br>
<br>
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What are some benefits of having PD
standards?<br>
<br>
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What are some drawbacks?<br>
<br>
This is our opportunity to learn from each other about what makes<br>
quality professional development that improves instruction and learning<br>
for all adults. And it's just the beginning.<br>
<br>
I look forward to hearing from you ~<br>
<br>
Yours in learning,<br>
<br>
Jackie <br>
<br>
Jackie Taylor, jataylor@utk.edu &lt;<a href="mailto:jataylor@utk.edu">mailto:jataylor@utk.edu</a>&gt;&nbsp;
<br>
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<br>
The draft AALPD Professional Development Standards and indicators can be<br>
found by visiting:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc">http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc</a><br>
&lt;<a
href="http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc">http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc</a>&gt;&nbsp;
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Message: 2<br>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:47:19 -0500<br>
From: &quot;Amy Trawick&quot; &lt;atrawick@charter.net&gt;<br>
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1758] Re: Experiences with PD<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Standards<br>
To: &quot;<st1:PersonName w:st="on">The Adult Literacy Professional Development
 Discussion List</st1:PersonName>&quot;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;professionaldevelopment@nifl.gov&gt;<br>
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Experiences with PD StandardsFran, thank you for sharing <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Maryland</st1:place></st1:State>'s PD Standards.&nbsp; At one point
you say, <br>
<br>
It takes considerable planning and development time (2-4 months) to match the
Professional Development Standards and to obtain final approval.&nbsp; <br>
<br>
Could you talk some more about what's involved in &quot;matching&quot; the PD
Standards?&nbsp; 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?&nbsp; I'm just curious about practical applications of a set of PD
standards.<br>
<br>
Thanks much,<br>
Amy<br>
<br>
Amy R. Trawick<br>
North <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Wilkesboro</st1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">NC</st1:State></st1:place><br>
atrawick@charter.net<br>
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&nbsp; ----- Original Message ----- <br>
&nbsp; From: Fran Mumford <br>
&nbsp; To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">The Adult Literacy Professional
 Development Discussion List</st1:PersonName> <br>
&nbsp; Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:00 AM<br>
&nbsp; Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1756] Re: Experiences with PD
Standards<br>
<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
<br>
&nbsp; ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What has been your experience with
PD standards?<br>
<br>
&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;
These hold for K-12 and adult education. <br>
<br>
&nbsp; ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How do you use PD standards in
your work? Or, how are you planning on using them?<br>
<br>
&nbsp; We plan to use them to provide instructional guidance to teachers in the
implementation of our new curriculum that will be implemented in FY2009.&nbsp;
We will be responsive to their needs.&nbsp; Many teachers are also asking for
technology related skills training.<br>
<br>
&nbsp; ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What are some benefits of having
PD standards?<br>
<br>
&nbsp; The benefits are that adult education and correctional education have
access to an inclusive approval process.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; We can tap into any professional
development activity that has been approved for use within the state.&nbsp; One
that is particularly good is on &quot;brain based research and its implications
for instruction.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
<br>
&nbsp; ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What are some drawbacks?<br>
<br>
&nbsp; It takes considerable planning and development time (2-4 months) to
match the Professional Development Standards and to obtain final
approval.&nbsp; (Note: Once approved, the professional development activity can
be used as many times as needed.)&nbsp;&nbsp; I should also say that not all
professional development has to go through this process.&nbsp; It is only for
those activities that are related to certification/renewal.&nbsp; <br>
<br>
&nbsp; The standards are good guidelines to follow and can be found on the
Maryland State Department of Education website. Standards are attached.&nbsp;
(Where it speaks specifically to children, these areas are waived for adult
educators.)<br>
<br>
&nbsp; Fran<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
<br>
&nbsp; Dr. Fran Tracy-Mumford<br>
<br>
&nbsp; Academic Program Coordinator<br>
<br>
&nbsp; Correctional Education<br>
<br>
&nbsp; Maryland State Department of Education<br>
<br>
&nbsp; 200 <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">W. Baltimore Street</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<br>
&nbsp; <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">MD</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">21201</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
<br>
&nbsp; phone: 410.767.0732<br>
<br>
&nbsp; fax: 410.333.2254<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
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href="mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov%5d">mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov]</a>
On Behalf Of Taylor, Jackie<br>
&nbsp; Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:33 PM<br>
&nbsp; To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">The Adult Literacy Professional
 Development Discussion List</st1:PersonName><br>
&nbsp; Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1752] Experiences with PD Standards<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
<br>
&nbsp; PD List Colleagues:<br>
<br>
&nbsp; 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.<br>
<br>
&nbsp; 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 <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State> and their
experiences with the National Staff Development Council Standards. How is this
affecting your work in providing quality PD?<br>
<br>
&nbsp; I'd also like to hear from colleagues in <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State>,
<st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:place></st1:State>, and others, regarding your
experiences with either PD standards or guiding principles for providing
professional development. For example:<br>
<br>
&nbsp; ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What has been your experience with
PD standards?<br>
<br>
&nbsp; ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How do you use PD standards in
your work? Or, how are you planning on using them?<br>
<br>
&nbsp; ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What are some benefits of having
PD standards?<br>
<br>
&nbsp; ?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What are some drawbacks?<br>
<br>
&nbsp; 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.<br>
<br>
&nbsp; I look forward to hearing from you ~<br>
<br>
&nbsp; Yours in learning,<br>
<br>
&nbsp; Jackie <br>
<br>
&nbsp; Jackie Taylor, jataylor@utk.edu <br>
<br>
&nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
<br>
&nbsp; The draft AALPD Professional Development Standards and indicators can be
found by visiting:<br>
<br>
&nbsp; <a
href="http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc">http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc</a>
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