professional development: “design on a dime” laurice garrett, sabine eggleston, joann lewin...
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Professional Development:
“Design on A Dime”
Laurice Garrett, Sabine Eggleston, JoAnn LewinEdison State College Ft. Myers, Florida
November 2, 2013 10:45 – 11:35
Session S155 Grand C/D
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Our home institution:
We are soon to be: Florida SouthWestern State College
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∞ Served 24,034 students 2011-2012
∞ Serves five counties
∞ Three campus locations and one regional center
∞ Programs: 17 Associate and 10 Bachelors Degrees
Edison State College
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The West Point
Experience
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Our Professional Development “Design on a Dime” involves
four main focus areas:∞A Community of Best Practices∞Adjunct Training and Development∞Peer Observations∞An Online Repository for Ideas
and a Place for Discussions
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Community of Best Practices
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What is a Community of Best Practices?
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Groups of educators who come together voluntarily at least once a month. Group members are committed to improving their practice through collaborative learning (National School Reform Faculty, 2010).
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A venue for “open sharing” and collegial conversations among professionals without fear of judgment or negative criticism (Spanneut, 2010).
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An opportunity to “have robust conversations about improving teaching and learning that … ultimately lead to improved student learning” (Yendol-Hoppey & Fictmen Dana, 2010, p. 118).
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What are the Intended Outcomes of a Community of
Practice?
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∞Reduction in isolation of teachers.
∞Higher likelihood that teachers will be well informed, professionally renewed, and inspired to inspire students.
∞Commitment to making significant and lasting changes.
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Sandra waves “hello!” from
our Hendry/Glades
campus.
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∞Increased meaning and understanding of the content that teachers teach and the roles that play in helping all students achieve expectations.
(Some of the items are adapted from Hord, 1997)
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Logistical Issues
∞Advertising∞How often do you meet?∞How to disseminate the information
from each session
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Round tablediscussions
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Agreements
∞Begin promptly. ∞Limit the time we meet to strictly one hour. ∞Only respectful behavior is allowed.
How can we learn from each other if we go in with closed minds? If necessary, we must learn how to agreeably disagree.
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We primarily concentrate on topics in each of these
three areas:
∞Pedagogy/Teaching Practices
∞Math Topics
∞Technology
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Pedagogy/Teaching Practices examples of topics covered
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∞Learning Styles of Students ∞Engaging students∞Difficult/controversial topics∞Attendance∞Grading policies/Assessment∞Group work
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Math Topics -examples of topics covered
∞Factoring∞Rational
Functions & Their Graphs
∞Logarithms
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College PrepFaculty
Compares Notes on Mixture Problems
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Technology – examples of topics covered
∞Use of classroom equipment, such as doc cams, SMART products, clickers
∞Effective use of calculators
∞How to post notes∞How to use online
resources
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Sign In Sheet
Used to
Register
Participants
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Example of a certificate issued for
Professional Development
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How do we assess our
effectiveness in
Community of Practice?
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The Best Things about OurCommunity of Best Practices
∞Collegiality∞Safe place to discuss areas of
concern∞Sharing∞Professional Development
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Issues and Concerns:
∞Involvement of adjuncts∞Keeping it “fresh”∞Logistics
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Adjunct Training and Development
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Why create an Adjunct Training?
∞Smoother beginning of the semester
∞Lends consistency of instruction between full time instructors & adjuncts
∞Allows for greater collegiality
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When do you hold an adjunct training?
∞Before the beginning of the semester-- Approximately 2 hours for each module, on a Saturday
∞During the semester around midterm-- An evening for about 1 hour
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∞Course Specific ∞Syllabi
∞Calculators
∞Expectations
∞Final Exam
The Modules for the Training
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∞ Classroom Technology
∞SMART board/ Smart Notebook
∞SmartView (calculator)
The Modules for the Training
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∞ Classroom Technology
∞Sympodium
∞Document Camera
The Modules for the Training
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∞Technology & Homework Delivery System
∞Features of the homework delivery system
∞Calculator features
The Modules for the Training
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∞Course Administration
∞Attendance verification
∞Record keeping
∞Management system tools
The Modules for the Training
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Payment for Completion
$50 per module for adjuncts
“College Service” for Faculty presenting
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Example of a
certificate issued for College Service
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∞Adjuncts feel included ∞Better prepared to start semester ∞Opportunity to share material and
knowledge∞Great collegiality∞Contact person(s) throughout the
semester
What worked well?
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∞Each campus offering? ∞Single day option? ∞Evening option? ∞Webinar option?∞Funding?
Plans for the Future
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Peer Observations
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∞Suggested by one faculty member but not well-received by department members prior to our West Point experience
∞After West Point, the idea was reintroduced to the Math Department but not included in unit plan until 2011-12
∞Original Goal: 60% of all Math faculty (fulltime and adjunct) would participate
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∞People liked the idea, in theory.
∞They were concerned about what would happen with documentation from the observations (i.e. – could the results from the observations adversely affect evaluation…who would see the documentation?).
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∞Not everyone who did an observation took the time to complete the documentation.
∞Logistically challenging in that people teach at significantly different times/days, etc.
∞Participation is totally voluntary.
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First “Forms”
∞Collected more detailed information
∞Required signature of both participants
∞Required feedback from both participants
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2011-12 Results∞45.6% of fulltime faculty participated*∞12.5% of adjunct faculty participated*∞27.9% of all math department faculty
participated*
*A faculty member was counted as a participant if (s)he observed another faculty member or was observed by another faculty member AND documentation was submitted
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Adjustments for the Second Year∞ The documentation form was condensed down
from three pages to one page
∞ Faculty were provided with an open/closed list in Excel so that they could search by course, by campus, by time, or by instructor to arrange for visitations
∞ Reminders were sent to faculty encouraging participation
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∞At one department meeting, a few faculty members shared what they had seen when they did observations
∞Fulltime faculty were encouraged to observe adjuncts so that the adjuncts would more easily be able to be a part of the program
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Samples from Completed Reports
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Professional Development through Peer Observation
Instructor observed: __________________
Date of Observation: February 4, 2013
Course: MAC 1147
Concept/Skill/Technique Observed:
Composite Functions, One-to-One Functions, Domain and Range of Functions and of Composite Functions,
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From my observation of this class, I will consider implementing the following idea(s) in my classroom:
1) Notes to have students immediately copy were posted on the side whiteboard. They were a review of the “Exponent Rules”.
2) Professor gave opening review practice problems from last Wednesday’s class math topics.
3) She gave a very good summary of the main points from sections 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 on
a hand-out distributed to the students.
4) Professor kept the entire group of students actively working on “Composite Functions” and finding their domain and range through classroom activities.
5) She reviewed the definition of One-to-One Functions by displaying a power point slide.
6) As a part of her lesson, Professor questioned the students for a definition of Inverse Functions.
7) Professor continuously requested input from the students on all of the lesson’s math topics. She did an excellent job of randomly calling on various students by name and praised each one when the student answered correctly. If the student was unable to answer the question, she gave her or him hints and worked with the student until she or he answered the question accurately.
8) Professor explained to me that she liked using hand-outs and power point to efficiently make use of class time to share Theorems and definitions. I agree with her assessment of this practice.
In summary, Professor exhibited strong knowledge of the subject matter. She also engaged the majority of the students in the class discussions. Professor regularly involved critical thinking into her lesson.
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Professional Development through Peer Observation
Instructor observed: _____________________
Date of Observation: _____11/5/12_________
Course: ________MAC 1105_________________________
Concept/Skill/Technique Observed:
___Continuation of the introduction of logarithims____________________
From my observation of this class, I will consider implementing the following idea(s) in my classroom:
Introducing Change of Base Rule at this point, instead of later, to allow the students to graph functions with a base other than “10” or “e”.
(Optional: A follow-up discussion was held on _11/5/12__)
Submitted by:
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Professional Development through Peer Observation
Instructor observed: _______ ____________________________
Date of Observation: _____February 8, 2013________________
Course: _______MAT 1033__________________________________
Concept/Skill/Technique Observed:
____Find the equation of a line using the point slope form of the line___________
From my observation of this class, I will consider implementing the following idea(s) in my classroom:
__________ and I have similar teaching styles. I like the way she involves the student in getting example problems to work, by having them pick numbers or use a 12-sided die to select numbers. That would be something that I implement in my classroom exercises.
(Optional: A follow-up discussion was held on __________)
Submitted by:
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2012-13 Results
∞57.9% of fulltime math department faculty participated
∞31.4% of all faculty teaching at least one college credit math class participated
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What is the Future of Peer Observation?
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2013-14
∞The department once again endorsed including peer observation in the unit plan
∞No changes have been made to the reporting form
BUT…
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∞Responsibility for evaluation of adjunct classroom instruction has shifted to the department chair and fulltime instructors
∞Major concern that this will affect the collegial relationship that currently exists with PEER observation
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From this fall...∞ Congratulations! You are the first to submit an
observation report. I'm sure there should be an award for this. I just don't know what it is yet!Thanks for your participation in this program.JoAnn
∞ JoAnn,I received my reward by observing another professional...and the discussion we had afterward!I helped her with some things since it is her first time teaching this course...so we BOTH benefited.
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An Online Repository for our Ideas and a Place for
Discussions
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We are in the process of creating an online repository of ideas and a discussion space. It is currently housed in Canvas, our online platform.
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It Includes Sections for…
∞Course resources
∞Notes from Community of Practice
∞List of Professional Development Opportunities
∞Discussion Boards.
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ReferencesHord, S. (1997) Professional Learning Communities:
Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement. Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
National School Reform Faculty www.nsrfharmony.org
Spanneut, G. Professional Learning Communities, Principals, and Collegial Conversations. Kappa Delta Pit Record v. 16 no. 3 (Spring 2010) p. 100 -3
Yendol-Hoppey, D. & Fichtman, Dana, N. (2010) Professional Development: Building Expertise Within the Four Walls of Your School. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage.
http://www.csun.edu/~hcmth014/comicfiles/allcomics.html
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Thanks for coming!
Please feel free to contact us with any questions and/or comments.
Laurice Garrett [email protected] Sabine Eggleston [email protected] JoAnn Lewin [email protected]
Edison State College8099 College ParkwayFt. Myers, FL 33906