PD+Delivery+Best+Practices

Teachers gave up their free time during the day to attend PD and didn’t ask for coverage or anything. Provided options to teachers and this is what most of them selected. Many teachers had common periods free and chose that. Teachers who attend PD receive the most support from the iTech coach. Teacher reaction was varied depending on skill level. Used students to help deliver PD. Took teachers out of their assignment for the day and hired subs. This was successful. Providing PD before school worked.
 * Best practices for providing PD**
 * Must have principal support
 * Had success with email and eChalk
 * Went mainly paperless
 * PD begins during last two periods of the day and continued after school
 * Used extended time for PD
 * Principal provided $150 extra for classroom supplies that supported the technology pd which included usb, wireless mouse, and presenter remote
 * Important to know where teachers are and help them learn at their rate
 * Start with a bang in September so they can develop routines
 * Principal paid out of own budget for PD that didn’t have high attendance
 * Individual success with teachers
 * Pushing teachers to attend summer classes
 * Laptops were helpful for raising scores
 * Important to get going with the program early on and provide teachers with the time to implement roles and responsibilities
 * Teachers encouraged to attend Central PD
 * After school PD
 * Did iTeach PD during the day subs were hired
 * Did PD during the day and used creative programming
 * Used PD days and half days and opened it to all one to one schools. Provided all types of iTiL PD.
 * Offered PD during every break and opened it to all schools
 * Mondays and Tuesdays before school (parking was available those day)
 * PD after school
 * PD occurred during lunch
 * Challenging because of other programs but was able to get going in March by offering workshop during the week and repeating on Saturday. Saturdays was successful.
 * Food and coffee were key. Cooked food is even better.
 * During teacher’s preps – good for new teachers
 * Weekday PD after school at a time that worked well with teachers schedule. Broken in to two hours increments
 * The laptops have helped the students stay engaged and focused. The laptops have made a tremendous difference. Believes test scores also went up as a result. Important for the coach to be able to deliver PD effectively.
 * Used the NYC DOE PD days.
 * Sent lead core content teachers to central office PD
 * It was helpful for the teachers to see what the students who were going to be theirs next year were doing this year
 * Teachers want to learn
 * Whole-day PDs were helpful
 * Targeted new teachers and got them on board and excited which was infectious in getting other teachers excited.
 * Meet with administration to figure out how to get teachers excited
 * Considering using the days before school starts to deliver PD
 * Were able to send teachers to central on Saturdays
 * PD delivery is more successful earlier rather than later in the year
 * Was helpful to show new iTiL teachers examples of what the PD turns into with real teachers and real student work
 * One-to-one PD in collaboration with lead teachers and coaches
 * On PD days can do the PDs that involve many teachers i.e. Cyber Safety
 * All PD was during school day
 * Principal didn’t want teachers to leave school on Thursdays so teachers who could came on Saturdays. Coaches came on Thursdays.
 * Worked with teachers schedule to get them to come on a common day after school
 * Tech coaches, literacy/math coaches and lead teachers offered lunch and learn to offer additional support
 * Getting teachers excited about something school-wide
 * Technology enabled the students to get to authentic thinking and learning.
 * Use an outside consultant to assist with tech integration, coaching, and planning
 * Helpful to see the commardary and consistency of the PD implementation
 * Consistency of PD was helpful and standard