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October 2011 CAO/CSAO/Deans Meeting . The New Professional Development in CTE Debra Wilcox Hsu. Perkins IV Professional Development. Still a required use of Perkins funds at the state and local levels
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October 2011CAO/CSAO/Deans Meeting The New Professional Development in CTE Debra Wilcox Hsu
Perkins IV Professional Development • Still a required use of Perkins funds at the state and local levels • Language related to professional development was further strengthened in 2006 Carl D. Perkins Act
National Staff Development Council • Formal definition PD used in reauthorized version of NCLB 2001 • Comprehensive, sustained, and intensive approach to improving educators’ effectiveness in raising student achievement
Professional Development Recipients • Secondary & Postsecondary • Consortium Coordinators and Contacts • Teachers and Faculty • Administrators • Counselors , Advisors, Diversity Directors and Disability Services Directors
High-quality Professional Development • Embedded in a well-structured system with supportive leadership • Is sustained, and is embedded in the work of faculty • Methods and instructional design to meet specific goals
High-quality Professional Development • Has appropriate resources committed to it • Built on collegiality and collaboration among school staff to solve important problems • Evaluated according to goals
Sustained Professional Development • Significant investment of time to meet learning objectives • Does not need to occur as one contiguous block • Often includes preparatory activities and follow-up sessions for faculty discussion & critique of new learning
Sustained Professional Development • Shorter duration sessions may be added together to be considered “sustained” • Must be predefined learning objectives to describe the activity. • Deliberate and not an after-the-fact assemblage of disparate, short-duration workshops.
Intensive Professional Development • Continuous, rigorous & concentrated • More than basic lecture-style learning experiences • Complex, participatory experiences • Problem-Solving, issue analysis, research & systematic investigation
Intensive Professional Development • Rigor more than simple comprehension of concepts • Apply content and skills • Activities interrelated, sequential & build toward ultimate outcome • Substantial effort beyond attendance
Professional DevelopmentFocused on Instruction & Outcomes • Relates back to the classroom and has application to student learning and success • Strategies for improving student academic achievement • Classroom management • Math, English, Science in CTE
Professional DevelopmentFocused on Instruction & Outcomes • Faculty collaborations with business & industry • Use of technology in the classroom to support curricular and core academic instructional goals and improve student outcomes • Data Driven Improvement
MN CTEDDIData Driven Improvement MN CTE Professional Development 2011-12
What is CTEDDI? • A professional development model for CTE educators.
Why CTEDDI? • Goal: Increase knowledge and skills for faculty & teachers in the use and interpretation of data. • Intended Outcome: Teachers & Faculty make informed instructional improvements that enhance student success.
MN CTEDDI Partners • Minnesota State Colleges and Universities • Minnesota Department of Education • National Research Center for Career Technical Education • National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI)
Instructional Improvement Cycle 5 Steps Collect Data Analyze Data Verify & Triangulate Design Action Plans To improve Learning & Instruction Ongoing Implement Plan & Review Outcomes
MN CTEDDI Project • Part of on-going process for implementing and sustaining the use of technical skill assessments (TSA) • Strive to influence continued improvement and systemic change in Minnesota’s secondary and postsecondary CTE programs.
TSA Implementation Year 1: Identify core common competencies & state approved assessments by pathway Year 2: Implement TSA’s in approved programs of study begin MN CTEDDI Project Year 3: Implement TSA’s in pathways and continue MN CTEDDI Year 4 & Year 5: Continue implementation of TSA’s in pathways. Review, Revise & Assess CTE programs using data driven improvement model.
Phase I Project Timeline October/Nov - Consortium Leaders Training Face-to-Face at Consortium Sites (Train the Trainer) Oct - Consortium leaders identify pathways and prepare faculty Nov- Faculty administer technical skills assessment tests November 29, 2011 - Data Driven Improvement Training Seminar for Leaders & Faculty December-April - Monthly Webinars with Leaders, Teachers/ Faculty & Participation in Online Community of Practice
September Webinars • Perkins 101 for New Consortium Coordinators and Contacts • Perkins Accountability I – Secondary and Postsecondary • Perkins Accountability II–Secondary • Perkins Accountability II- Postsecondary
October Webinars • Overview of Perkins IV Law and Procedures and Requirements for Fiscal Agents I & II • Perkins Fiscal Procedures and Requirements II – Secondary Treatment of Money Detail • Perkins Fiscal Procedures and Requirements II – Postsecondary Treatment of Money Detail
Overview of Perkins IV Law and Procedures and Requirements for Fiscal Agents November Conferences • November 9 Consortium Coordinator’s Meeting, HTC • November 10 CTE Fall Conference Crown Plaza West , Plymouth Keynote Speaker- Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Winter WebinarsPrograms of Study • Overview of Programs of Study and MNPOS (Repeat Fall Conference presentation) • MNPOS: A Guidance Tool for Students and Parents & Instructional Tool for Teachers & Faculty • Rigorous Programs of Study (Follow-up on Fall Conference Presentation • Adult Programs of Study
Spring WebinarsStudent Success • Strategies for Improving Outcomes of Special Populations in CTE • Multicultural and Gender Fair Curricula • Classroom Equity and the Effect on Student Achievement
Continuous Improvement • Online Survey to Assess Statewide Needs for Professional Development in CTE • Convene CTE Professional Development Leadership Team
MN CTE Professional Development Debra Wilcox HsuCTE Director of Professional DevelopmentMinnesota State Colleges and Universities651-201-1689debra.hsu@so.mnscu.edu www.cte.mnscu.edu/professionaldevelopment