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NAF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NAF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 2008 Institute Focus Group. Meeting Objectives. Network members provide insights into NAF’s emerging PD plan NAF PD planning reflects the realities of your Academies. Meeting Agenda. Existing NAF PD Experiences Challenges 2008 Strategies Plans for the Future

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NAF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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  1. NAF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2008 Institute Focus Group

  2. Meeting Objectives • Network members provide insights into NAF’s emerging PD plan • NAF PD planning reflects the realities of your Academies

  3. Meeting Agenda • Existing NAF PD Experiences • Challenges • 2008 Strategies • Plans for the Future • Your Input

  4. Meeting Participants NAF Staff Representatives: • Steve Markbreiter, Director of Professional Development • Debbie Reed, Chief Operating Officer • Morgan Pulleyblank, Foundation Associate Focus Group Participants: • Teachers • Directors • Administrators

  5. Existing NAF experiences inprofessional development • Annual Institutes and Leadership Summits • Site Visits and Regional Forums • Limited professional development for individual academies • What are your experiences with NAF professional development?

  6. The Challenge • In order for professional development to be effective, “training should include theory, demonstration, practice, feedback and classroom application.” • Bruce Joyce and Beverly Showers • “Improving Inservice Training: The Message of Research”

  7. The Challenge • 3,042 Advisory Board members • 158 internship providers • 82 higher education partners • 222 district administrators • 1,789 teachers • 333 principals • 449 school administrators • 546 counselors • 209 directors • 169 site coordinators • 207 director support staff

  8. 2008 Professional Development Strategies • Publish and disseminate effective practices • Train cohort members in these practices • Capture with video and share online • Participants share responses and contribute work products

  9. Collaboration Network MeasureEvaluate 2008 Professional Development Strategies INITIATIVES 2008 OUTCOMES • Distribution of effective practices • Building expertise within cohorts • Site for online collaboration • National and local trainings Teaching & Learning • Curriculum Fellows • Building ladders of expertise Academy Development • Design Studios • Personalized Learning • Partner Engagement • Integrated Instruction Advisory Board Development/Internships • Library of Materials • Advisory Board Leaders Council (ABLC) • Training to take place in the fall

  10. Plans for the Future

  11. Discussion and Input • Initial reactions to this plan • Thoughts on what works for you • Thoughts on what might work for an entire network • Your experiences with professional development with other organizations

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