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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>PD List Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Below is a summary of the AALPD professional development
standards discussion. Please review and let me know what I may have missed, where
I could better capture any of the views shared, or anything else you’d
like to add. Send your comments to me by Tuesday, December 18, at: <a
href="mailto:jataylor@utk.edu" title="mailto:jataylor@utk.edu">jataylor@utk.edu</a>
<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'>The working draft summary can also be found by visiting:<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'><a
href="http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Quality_Professional_Development"
title="http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Quality_Professional_Development">http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Quality_Professional_Development</a><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'>A final version of the complete discussion summary will be
posted on the NIFL Web site:<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'> <a
href="http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/07QStandards.html"
title="http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/07QStandards.html">http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/07QStandards.html</a><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'>Jackie Taylor, PD List Moderator, <a
href="mailto:jataylor@utk.edu" title="mailto:jataylor@utk.edu">jataylor@utk.edu</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h3><a name="Part_III:_AALPD_Professional_Development"></a><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Quality Professional
Development and the AALPD Quality Professional Development Standards <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>-- A three-part discussion hosted on the Adult Literacy
Professional Development List<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>November 12 – December 7, 2007</span></font></b><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Part I:</span></b> What makes quality
professional development? Adult Literacy Professional Development List
Subscribers shared their interests in discussing quality PD, identified
characteristics of quality PD, and shared their experiences that changed their
practice. (<a
href="http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Summary:_PD_Experiences"
title="http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Summary:_PD_Experiences">http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Summary:_PD_Experiences</a>).
They explored questions such as:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>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? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What are characteristics of quality professional
development? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>How do you know it when you see it? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Part II:</span></font></b> AALPD then disseminated a draft of
quality professional development standards [<a
href="http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc"
title="http://www.aalpd.org/AALPDStandardsandIndicatorscombined11-06-07.doc">[2]</a>]
and indicators. The moderator asked subscribers to reflect on the quality
characteristics generated by list subscribers, and to review the AALPD draft
Quality PD Standards and reflection questions to prepare.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Part III:</span></font></b> A week later, subscribers
discussed the draft AALPD Quality PD Standards. Based on this important
discussion and discussions in various professional development venues, AALPD
will finalize the draft and it will be sent to the AALPD Membership for an up
or down vote. The final version will be placed on the AALPD Website, and will
become the foundation for a self-assessment tool to advance quality
professional development in our field. Themes and questions discussed about PD
standards on the Adult Literacy Professional Development List are summarized
below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<h3><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Part
III Discussion Summary</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h3>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Springboard for customizing Quality
professional development (PD) in programs and states<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The AALPD draft standards provide a basis for
program-based and state-wide dialogues for building a system of quality
professional development. The standards are meant to inform systems thinking
and to be revisited and adapted by systems. As Andrea Nash stated:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>They
prompt a conversation about quality – what it is and how we know it when
we see it – and that it’s this conversation that builds ownership
and buy-in to a common vision. The challenge is to make sure that the next
‘generation’ of practitioners get to join this conversation rather
than be handed down a static set of expectations to meet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Purpose of Indicators<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Some participants felt that the indicators may not
apply to their unique situations, or that in some instances, they were
“overly-prescriptive.” So what is the role of the indicators? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The indicators are examples of any particular
standard, and AALPD does not intend for them to prescribe practices. Amy
Trawick suggested pulling out specific recommendations (like ‘using
problem-solving approaches’) and creating a separate document of
“recommended practices” if the intent is to highlight certain
practices above others.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Not All PD Should Meet All Standards<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The standards describe a coherent, quality PD system.
Therefore, as both Nash and Maxwell noted, individual PD activities will not
meet every standard.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>As Maxwell described:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Different
standards are going to be more meaningful for different types of PD activities.
We want to make sure that we don't dilute the value of a particular style of
activity or learning by making it adhere to standards that may not be
appropriate for that style. (For instance, in-service programs designed to
orient a teacher to a particular school probably don't need standard #8 -
program, community, and state level collaboration - as much they do standard #9
- building a learning community.)…You should always evaluate your PD
activity on all the standards, however if your activity doesn't meet all the
standards, it does not necessarily mean it's the wrong thing to do. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Funding and Advocacy<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Can standards
become unfunded mandates?<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Several participants expressed concerns over PD
standards becoming unfunded mandates in an already substantially under-funded and
over-stretched field. Ira Yankwitt, Kate Brandt, and others raised questions
such as:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>What can we
do to ensure that there is an infusion of funds prior to implementing
standards?</span><span lang=EN> </span></font><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>What can we
do to validate and professionalize adult literacy and provide teachers
comparable opportunities for salaries, benefits, paid PD release time,
etc.?</span><span lang=EN> </span></font><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nash reminded participants that <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>…before
AALPD drafted standards, it drafted a set of policies designed to ensure that
quality PD would be supported by the funding and infrastructure it requires (<a
href="http://aalpd.org/priorities_pdpolicies.htm"
title="http://aalpd.org/priorities_pdpolicies.htm http://aalpd.org/priorities pdpolicies.htm">http://aalpd.org/priorities_pdpolicies.htm</a>).
Standard #11 (which states that effective PD “is based on a set of
policies that support practitioners’ access to quality professional
development”) is our attempt to make this linkage very explicit.
Separating the standards from the policy document creates the potential for the
abuse (unfunded mandates) that Ira, Katie, and others have mentioned.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Are PD Systems Responsible for
Ensuring Teacher Access to Professional Development?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Standard #11: </span>Professional
development that improves instruction and learning for all adult learners: </font></b>Is
based on a set of policies that support practitioners’ access to quality
professional development. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Indicators:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:32.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level5 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>(a)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Staff are supported by the
following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:
-9.0pt;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font>i.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>paid professional development time<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:
-9.0pt;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font>ii.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>paid substitutes to allow for
participation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:
-9.0pt;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font>iii.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>paid planning time for instruction
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:
-9.0pt;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font>iv.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>at least monthly staff meetings to
share their voice in decisions for their program<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:
-9.0pt;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font>v.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>time for practitioners to develop
a professional development plan with access to professional development that
supports the plan and supportive monitoring by supervisors of staff
professional development plans<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Participants explored whether and to what extent
Standard #11 should be a part of the draft AALPD PD Standards.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On the one hand, Maxwell noted that Standard #11 reads
as a program management standard and thus is not one for which the PD system is
responsible:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>I
wholeheartedly agree that the best practice would be for teachers to have paid
release time. I don't see this however, as a professional development standard.
It's a program management standard - just like other business practices. CA has
public employee collective bargaining agreements. All teachers in our state
adult schools (app. 12,000 teachers) are required to hold valid teaching
credentials - adult education teachers included. Most school districts
negotiate wage and benefit packages with the union representing their teachers.
Release time for professional development is a negotiable item, just like
health insurance or retirement benefits. If you're going to add standards on
management practices (release time, livable wage, benefit package, full time
employment, grievance or arbitration system), you open up a whole can of worms
that the PD system is not responsible for, and cannot implement. For us,
standards would have to focus only on the content of professional development
systems, not the employment agreements between employer and employee. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>However, Trawik noted:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>…because
I see the standards as being useful for the whole system, I see #11 as being
relevant …although I would turn each lower-case Roman numeral into its
own indicator.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Another subscriber suggested creating two categories
of standards, separating out content from access issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nash’s about standard #11 is appropriate here as
well. The reason why standard #11 was included was an explicit attempt to make
the linkage between professional development policies and standards, so that
quality professional development has the funding and infrastructure needed to
support it and to avoid abuse (unfunded mandates).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Working Conditions<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nash noted that both the AALPD Professional
Development Policy Recommendations and the draft AALPD PD Standards speak to
teachers’ working conditions but not those of professional developers.
She suggested that AALPD should develop working conditions standards for
professional development staff: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>It
strikes me that an organization representing the interests of professional
developers might want to reconsider this! (See <a
href="http://www.mcae.net/QualityWCStandardsandIndicators0207fin.pdf"
title="http://www.mcae.net/QualityWCStandardsandIndicators0207fin.pdf">http://www.mcae.net/QualityWCStandardsandIndicators0207fin.pdf</a>
for the MA Coalition for Adult Education’s Standards for Quality Working
Conditions – also focused on teachers but a model we could draw from.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Culture Shift—Quantity
Outcomes, Quality Investment<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A Rhode Island PDC colleague suggested an obstacle within our culture
to implementing quality professional development standards:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>I don't
believe that standards are inherently easy or difficult to implement --
shifting the culture from one where the perception that external accountability
favors numbers and outcomes to the exclusion of the enabling elements (time,
resources, compensation) are obstacles that need to be overcome. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Diversity<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Participants reiterated the need for standards to
“manifest sensitivity” to issues like values, ethics, and
diversity. Namely, they described the need for standards language to encompass
professional development that helps practitioners fully include and teach the
historically disadvantaged, oppressed populations that adult literacy serves.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>As Mev Miller described:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>I
don't think that "PD providers use differentiated instruction to meet the
needs of all learners" really gets at this…but in addition to UDL,
I'd like to see some additional language that explicitly refers to PD that
assists and supports practitioners learn more in depth about diversities,
recognize and address privileged learning environments and also to handle &
mediate conflicts that arise among students and practitioners....so that we can
truly and meaningfully get to the broader stoke sentiments of "all
learners" and "variety of methods.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kate Nonesuch requested specific references in standards
for “…needs and strategies around violence; it's a question of
really making UDL ‘universal.’" Otherwise, she shares,
“…the important realities of our lives and our work would get lost,
or purposefully left out.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Word Choice<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Participants suggested variations on using words to
convey intended and unintended meanings. On the one hand,
“improves” could imply a deficit approach to professional
development. On the other—who does not have room for improvement? As
Allan French noted, “Professional athletes who have completed spectacular
seasons will be the first to tell you that there is still room for improvement
in their performance.” Further, words like “advance” could
imply lagging behind. Use caution in word choice without diluting the issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Keep the standards succinct. As Jeff Fantine noted,
those that are “too wordy” become confusing and tend to tackle too
much.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>What Do We Mean by Research and
Professional Wisdom?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Standard #5: </span>Professional
development that improves the instruction and learning for all adult learners: </font></b>Enhances
practitioners’ abilities to evaluate and apply current research, theory,
evidence-based practices, and professional wisdom.<span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What do we mean by research?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>5c reads "Practitioners are encouraged to examine
research critically." Trawick noted:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>In
some systems, this could mean checking to see if the research is experimental
or quasi-experimental with random sampling. If it isn't, it doesn't count (or
not as much). In other systems, it could mean realizing the strengths and
contributions of various kinds of research, recognizing characteristics of
quality for each, and making judgments accordingly. Is it the intent to leave
the interpretation of research open by the system?<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Additionally, Johan Urvin suggested that the PD
standards should capture all that we know through research about the
effectiveness of professional development. For example: he states that the
standards should capture: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Focus on daily activities <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Active participation <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sufficient time for learning to take
place <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sustained effort <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Access to outside expertise <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Group support <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Collaboration <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Focus on curriculum and assessment
aligned with curriculum <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Focus on higher order thinking skills
(as content of PD) <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Further, what do we mean by professional wisdom? Does
it imply expertise? Or do we mean beliefs and values? How relevant is the
latter if it’s not backed by research?<i><span style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>PD Competencies vs. Quality Standards<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Urvin asked:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Are we
talking about professional development standards and/or professional
development staff/facilitator standards? They are different, I believe. I think
we need a subset or different set that deals with the standards that
professional developers need to meet. These will include subject
matter knowledge (e.g., math PD facilitators should know math at least at
the Algebra II level), facilitation/training skills, and attitudes.<font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The AALPD Quality Standards focus on the system level, not the
individual level. The American Institutes for Research (AIR) developed the PRO-NET
Professional Development Coordinator Competencies, looking specifically at the <font
color=black><span style='color:black'>skills and knowledge individuals need to
have to be effective in their roles as professional developers at the state,
regional or local levels. </span></font>The competencies address the
question, “What would make a PD staff
person/coordinator successful in his/her job?” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><a
href="http://www.calpro-online.org/pubs/pdccsiiaep_73.pdf"
title="http://www.calpro-online.org/pubs/pdccsiiaep_73.pdf">http://www.calpro-online.org/pubs/pdccsiiaep_73.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Appendices include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Professional
development coordinator competencies and sample performance indicators <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Professional
development coordinator self-assessment tool <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The self-assessment tool uses a four-point Likert scale for the
individual to rate how relevant a competency is to the PD program, self, and
whether the competency is a goal for the PD staff’s own professional
development.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Renee Sherman suggested ways that programs and states can use the
competencies:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
color:black'><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 color=black><span
style='color:black'>Hiring staff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
color:black'><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 color=black><span
style='color:black'>Conducting performance reviews<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
color:black'><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 color=black><span
style='color:black'>Self-assessing individual work<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
color:black'><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 color=black><span
style='color:black'>Planning professional development<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
color:black'><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 color=black><span
style='color:black'>Developing PD staff certification<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> Further, she states that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-style:
italic'>…the two </span></font></i><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>[competencies and standards]<i><span style='font-style:
italic'> are connected for a quality professional development system
requires that professional development staff is competent. The
existence or lack of competency can effect the overall professional development
system.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Funding and Time<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nadia
Quiroz-Colby noted themes of funding and time throughout the dialogues. She connected
participants’ experiences with professional development that leads to
change with these two themes. How do these standards tie to the experiences
shared in Week One of the Quality PD Discussions?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Participants’ Experiences With
Change as Compared to the AALPD Draft Quality PD Standards<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Jackie Taylor added a column to the standards table, creating a matrix
of standards, indicators, and participants’ experiences with change as it
might align to one or more aspects of each standard. This illustrates where
AALPD may have “hit the mark” and where the AALPD may need to
revisit as they finalize the draft AALPD Quality Standards.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'><a
href="http://wiki.literacytent.org/images/5/5e/Draft_Standards_with_Experiences.doc"
title="http://wiki.literacytent.org/images/5/5e/Draft_Standards_with_Experiences.doc">http://wiki.literacytent.org/images/5/5e/Draft_Standards_with_Experiences.doc</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <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 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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