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The Power of Effective Feedback

Mun Shing Cheong February 19, 2022 February 19, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, coaching, education, feedback, Professional Development

Exploring the power of effective feedback, breaking down what effective feedback entails and studying a model for effective feedback

Meaningful Feedback in Online Professional Development

Katie Clum February 17, 2022 February 17, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Adult Learning, Collaboration, Collaborator, Connected Learner, faculty professional development, feedback, Learning Designer, online learning, online learning communities, Professional Development, Professional Learning Facilitator

Just as online teaching and learning became a necessity for K-12 and postsecondary students during the COVID-19 pandemic, so too did online professional learning activities for educators at all levels. Not only have professional development (PD) activities primarily been held in virtual spaces over the last two years (both synchronously and asynchronously), but often the …

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Professional Development through Peer Observations

Yanira Gale February 6, 2022 February 6, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, 4.5. Professional Learning Facilitator, Collaboration, EDTC6106, ISTE Standard for Coaches, Peer Observations, Professional Development

What are best practices for evaluating the impact of professional learning in a way that is aligned with student outcomes, and sustained professional growth, while meeting the needs of adult professional learners? In an effort to improve teacher professional development many schools are personalizing teacher learning. In the article from Cult of Pedagogy, OMG Becky. […]

Lifelong Learners

Jeff Birdsong February 6, 2022 February 6, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Education, EdTech, ISTE, ISTE 4.5.A, Professional Development

Lifelong learners. That’s a basic mentality important for all of us. I know it is hard to tell that

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A Model for Professional Learning Assessment

Mun Shing Cheong February 2, 2022 February 2, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, education, evaluation, Professional Development, professional learning, training

Exploring the distinction between professional development and professional learning and presenting an evaluation model for assessing the impact of professional learning.

The Role of Needs Assessments in Professional Learning

Yanira Gale January 22, 2022 January 22, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, 4.5. Professional Learning Facilitator, EDTC6106, ISTE Standard for Coaches, needs assessment, Professional Development

Background There are many examples of professional development that have minimally worked for me, and they all share the following characteristics: They were short, took place only one time, the presentation was informational, it did not connect the information t my specific content area or needs, and the presenters did not inquiere how successful the […]

Scaling and Automating New Employee Training with a Virtual Onboarding Program

Mun Shing Cheong January 22, 2022 January 22, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, education, Professional Development, social emotional learning, training, virtual onboarding

An exploration of how technology can be leveraged to scale and automate onboarding training for new teachers

Best practices in professional development: What educational institutions might have to learn from the business sector

Katie Clum January 19, 2022 January 19, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Adult Learning, Collaborator, Learning Designer, problem-based learning, Professional Development, Professional Learning Facilitator

Though it’s generally acknowledged that education theory and practice inform adult learning and professional development activities in all kinds of domains, the connection between education research/best practices and teaching/learning as it occurs in corporate environments is perhaps less explored. For the purposes of this investigation, I’m interested in finding exemplars of professional learning design and implementation that are taking place outside of K-12 schools and higher education institutions. How are best practices in education …

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The Role of Reflection in Professional Learning & Development

Katie Clum October 20, 2021 October 20, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Adult Learning, Learning Designer, metacognition, Professional Development, Professional Learning Facilitator, reflection

When considering the role of an instructional coach or any kind of professional learning facilitator, it’s important to note how their roles are both similar and dissimilar to that of a typical classroom teacher. Both are educators hoping to assist students in reaching learning goals. A notable difference, however, is the fact that instructional designers/coaches work almost exclusively with experienced adult learners who are already professionals in their fields. In what ways, then, …

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Should Schools Use External or Internal Experts for PD?

Books and Mrs Bush August 15, 2021 August 15, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, educational coaching, ISTE 3: Collaborator, PD, Professional Development, teacher coaching, teacher training

As schools balance the need for ongoing teacher education with the time and monetary costs of professional development, it is important to ask questions about evidence based best practices in teacher training, such as is it best to use experts from within the district to conduct trainings or to use outside experts.

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