New goals are set for educators to achieve for and with their students New ideas are brought to the table to help educators enhance learning across subject areas provides a forum for teachers to think and share about ideas and concepts Allows educators to continue being ‘life-long’ learners Helps educators evolve with the changes and [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Why are professional devlopments so important?
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What do educators hope to see during Staff Development?
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Shall we ask the ‘experts’? New material: If teachers feel like they’re being taught something they’ve already implemented in the classroom, they’re going to lose interest in the professional development very quickly. Engaging Activities: Sitting and listening to someone speak is not how educators were taught to teach. So why should they have to do [...]
How to make Professional Development Meaningful
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As educators, we’ve all attended them. We know what it feels like to be lectured for an hour on something we anticipate we may never use again. We know what it sounds like to have someone tell us “engage, engage, engage” within our classroom and then we’re forced to sit and listen to that same [...]
What is Professional Development?
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Not just a waste of time! When used correctly, it has a clear and evident purpose! What should we think about when planning these learning opportunities? What areas are students struggling in? (this can be taken from classwork samples, MSA data or quarterly assessments/fluency scores) What new knowledge do students need to know in order to [...]
