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Making the Case for Online Professional Development
Linda Pittenger
Kentucky Department of Education
Online Learning Institute
22 March 2006
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Introduction
Identify the “What” Define your purpose
Develop the “Why” Engage policymakers
Find the “How” Offer a sustainable model
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Introduction In Kentucky today:
Kentucky Virtual High School 3.5 years 30 Online PD Courses plus x
Communities of Practice 11 Facilitators on contract
Higher Education Education Professional Standards
Board Kentucky Virtual University
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Introduction
Division of Secondary & Virtual Learning Direct report with curriculum, instruction
& assessment – not part of Ed Tech Enabling & Advising function – no
authority to make decisions beyond our own program
No legislation or state-level policy on OPD
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The What - Define Your Purpose Doing something better or doing
something new? Offering an alternative to face-to-face? Offering an add-on to face-to-face? Offering a replacement for face-to-face? None of the above?
Models? Self Study or Facilitated? Wholly online or hybrid? Singleton or systemic?
Will you build or buy?
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Defining Your Purpose
Online Professional Development
Is Not
Putting Professional
Development Online
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Define Your Purpose
In Kentucky All facilitated Build with those who will use Three Classes of Service – Three
Classes of Support: Single purpose/ single course Enhanced/ usually wrapped around face-
to-face Comprehensive/ communities of practice
We do not compete head-to-head with traditional PD
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Defining Your Purpose What professional development
experience does the organization value? Fosters deep understanding Centers on critical activities of T&L rather
than abstractions Builds on investigation of practice using
real work in real world settings Values/cultivates a culture of collegiality Is sustained, intensive and woven into
the everyday fabric of the teaching profession
Kleiman, 2004
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Defining Your Purpose
The organization also values: Saving time Saving money
Will you save time and money? Is this sufficient rationale for online
PD?
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The Why – Engaging Policymakers Tightly align with the strategic agenda at
the executive level of the organization
Bring forward the opportunity to do what cannot be done otherwise, with quality
Be savvy about the relationships among impact, risk & cost, but
Don’t hesitate to market OPD as disruptive innovation
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Engaging Policymakers
In Kentucky 2000 – eight regional service
centers providing technical assistance & F2F PD to districts and 840 staff
2006 – No regional service centers and 340 staff
How do we respond to district needs for assistance and high quality PD?
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Engaging Policymakers
Understand the current investment in things called “PD”
Understand the current measure Time on task?
Offer funding models and measures related to performance
Offer good practice in OPD based on SREB Model Online PD, etc
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Engaging Policymakers
High School Reform – Building Capacity Highly qualified teachers and high quality
teaching Pedagogical skills Content knowledge
Leadership Induction and mentoring Leading the school through change
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Engaging Policymakers
Ability to group and regroup learners based on: Role Interest Readiness Schools of similar demographics Teachers of students with similar needs
High degree of customization Core content plus specialized modules Custom courses
Immediacy – students & classrooms Strong P16 enabler
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Engaging Policy Makers
Know the research behind the issues of urgency –
EdTrust Long-term impact of poorly
prepared teachers on students High impact practices
Help make the connections
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Engaging Policy Makers
Parallel appeal to teachers Equal access Rigorous & challenging Personalized education Accountability for performance Ability to manage time & place Opportunity for community with
like-minded educators
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The How – Offer a Sustainable Model Staffing
Facilitators and Developers Build the cadre from the participants Who owns Quality Assurance?
Encourage replication at local level Administrators & master teachers as
online learning leaders Funding
Recurring line item inside – not in addition to - major project budgets
Identify discretionary funding sources Avoid a per seat cost
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Offer a Sustainable ModelContent, Content & Content Build a repository of reusable content for
Instruction & PD – require that developers take both into consideration
Developers do not own the content Teachers can take their work products
back to use in the classroom Build courses in modular format Partner very strategically
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The Bottom Line
Engaging every teacher in high quality, professional growth experiences that lead to higher levels of achievement for an increasingly diverse population of students is not an opportunity or an add-on to what we are already doing – it is a professional, economic and moral obligation
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Key Points
Be very clear about What online is ( and is not) Why online is uniquely responsive How online can be sustained
Under Promise & Over Deliver
