Professional Development System

1. Professional Development System

2. Purpose Purpose of today’s discussion is to: • Provide background of State Leadership Activities • Review plan for change • Outline the changes for Structure of Professional Development System • “Prime the pump” for additional field input

3. Background

4. Federal Definition of State Leadership State Leadership funds are to be allocated for activities of statewide significance that promote the purpose of AEFLA. From WIA Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 1998, Sec. 223

5. Federal Definition of State Leadership Activities can include: • personnel/professional development • technology assistance • curriculum development • program incentives • integration of literacy and occupational training • linkages with postsecondary institutions • monitoring and evaluation

6. State Leadership Network in Ohio State Leadership Network (SLN) State ABLE Program Resource Center Network(RCN) C/Southeast Resource Center Northeast Resource Center Northwest Resource Center Southwest Resource Center Ohio Literacy Resource Center OSU Evaluation and Design Project Ohio Adult Literacy Coalitions

7. History of PD in Ohio 1992-2002 • Resource Centers Established • Each facilitated PD and gathered resources for their approved specialty areas • Northeast – ESOL • Central/Southeast – Standards and LD • Southwest – Student Experience Model • Northwest – Workforce Education • Ohio Literacy Resource Center – Family Literacy, Mathematics, ABLELink, Distance Education • The Ohio State University Project – Strategic Planning, Evaluation

8. History of PD in Ohio 2002 • First Implemented - Teacher competencies - Instructor PD plans • PD Catalog • Incentives/stipends though RCN • Online RCN Calendar

9. Historic Background of PD in Ohio 2005 • First Implemented - Alternative PD activities - Core course requirements • PD committee • First Implemented - Instructor and administrator self-assessments - Evaluation of PD based on research • Common evaluation instrument 2006

10. Historic Background of PD in Ohio 2007 • First Implemented - Revised new teacher orientation - Instructor, administrator, and support staff standards • Additional Core courses • First Implemented - Self-assessment - New staff orientation online 2008

11. Historic Background of PD in Ohio 2009 • First Implemented • Technology Initiative • WIA Incentive Collaboratives

12. Future System

13. Planning • A planning session was held in June 2010. • Participants included: • Resource Center Staff • Ohio Board of Regents State ABLE Staff • Ohio State University • Staff • ABLE Administrators Robert Seaman Beth Trace Jandi Adams Susan Sheehan

14. Planning • Areas of Emphasis: • Critical Components for PD system • Framework for individual professional portfolio • Evaluation • Incentives • Components build on the existing elements: • Practitioners’ standards • Self-assessments • Individual and Program Plans • Online staff orientation

15. Why we are reviewing the System • Vision – To have the most efficient, cost-effective delivery system of Professional Development that supports the goals of the State ABLE and OBR Strategic Plans. • Challenge – As a partner in the University System of Ohio, we must maximize the use and impact of state leadership funding and activities by coordinating with our USO partners.

16. What we are reviewing • Configuration of State Leadership (SL) Systems in other states of similar governance and size and various models of innovation for SL Systems • The structure of the Ohio ABLE PD system needed to ensure a comprehensive professional development system that supports teacher quality, embeds professional learning, and promotes instructional leadership

17. Competitive Grants RFPs will be available for all State Leadership Projects for FY 2012 considering: • Identified Configuration of State Leadership (SL) System • Structure of the PD system • PD priorities The Request for Proposals will be available in early 2011

18. Professional Development System for Ohio ABLE

19. Professional Development System • A multi-tiered system will be implemented that will address the needs of all ABLE staff and will also allow specialization that coordinates with other institutions in the University System of Ohio. Initially, there will be two tiers: • Tier 1: Core required professional development • Tier 2: Optional specialty areas

20. Tier 1 - Examples of Topics in Track • Tier 1 • designed to provide the background knowledge, policies and procedures needed for the job • is required of all staff • consists of specific “core” courses for each of the four tracks

22. Tier 2 Examples • Tier 2 • is designed for in depth PD and content learning • includes prescribed, “core” areas of PD • is flexible for a staff member to pursue PD to meet needs outlined in IPDPs • has six tracks in Tier 2 Administrators Support staff Teachers: Language Arts Teachers: Math Teachers: General Teachers: ESOL

23. Professional Development System Ties together • professional development planning • staff achievements • accountability, both program and individual • online registrations • statewide library system

24. Professional Development System Incentives for PD • Local programs will be held accountable for staff completion of PD and budgeting for it • Stipends will no longer be paid through the resource centers • Completion of tiers may result in… • Certificates of Completion • Graduate credit • Honorarium

25. Professional Development System • What is next? • Roundtable discussions will follow this presentation • These groups will be facilitated by the Resource Center Staff and will be grouped by regions: • Region 1 will be in Dublin I • Region 2 will be in Dublin II • Region 3 will be in Dublin V • Region 4 will be in Dublin VI

26. We want and need your feedback and recommendations. Thank You!