Conducting Professional Development Programme

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Wha is Professional development Programme?Refers to skills and knowledge attained for

both personal development and career advancement.

It encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating an evaluative stage.

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How to conduct PD Programmes?When conducting the PD Programmes, we

need to plan very carefully to ensure that your participants are convinced of what you wish to convey through your PD Programme.

To make it more effective, proper and

appropriate strategies must be designed. LEADING TO LEARN, LEARNING TO LEAD

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The phases of conducting PD Programmes are divided into three aspects:

BeforeDuringAfter

Before: identification of PD need, time, budget, resources, agenda, objective of the PD program, etc

During: Minute and recording (documentation), arrangements, use of resources, Outcomes

After: Follow ups, feedback, staff profiling, sharing best practices by staff, encourage reading, etc

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From To

Professional development as an event Professional development as a learning process

Focus on planning, attending and evaluating a professional development event

Focus on planning, implementing and evaluating learning and change in educator practice

Adult need centered Student need centered

Professional development through inservice day presentations

Schools plan a continuum of learning throughout the year focused on student learning goals

Focus on individual development Focus on collaborative learning with a focus on team, school and system improvement

Presenter transmits knowledge, skills and strategies Facilitator leads inquiry into teaching and learning

Pull out training, workshop or course Job-embedded learning featuring teacher collaboration and use of coaches

Fragmented, piece-meal, one-shot Driven by clear, coherent, long-term strategic plan

Making the Most Out of Professional Development

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Some examples of approaches to professional development:

Case Study Method - The case method is a teaching approach that consists in presenting the students with a case, putting them in the role of a decision maker facing a problem.

Consultation - to assist an individual or group of individuals to clarify and address immediate concerns by following a systematic problem-solving process.

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Coaching - to enhance a person’s competencies in a specific skill area by providing a process of observation, reflection, and action.

Communities of Practice - to improve professional practice by engaging in shared inquiry and learning with people who have a common goal

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Lesson Study - to solve practical dilemmas related to intervention or instruction through participation with other professionals in systematically examining practice

Mentoring - to promote an individual’s awareness and refinement of his or her own professional development by providing and recommending structured opportunities for reflection and observation

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Reflective Supervision - to support, develop, and ultimately evaluate the performance of employees through a process of inquiry that encourages their understanding and articulation of the rationale for their own practices

Technical Assistance - to assist individuals and their organization to improve by offering resources and information, supporting networking and change efforts

Points to Ponder

Why are PD Programmes important?

Why is it important to design and conduct PD Programmes?

How does PD Programmes help enhance IL?

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We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves, otherwise we harden. (Goethe)

Thank you ……

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