Professional Development December 2013 update

LPDC

Margaret Kohler Julie Poure

Wendi Rowland Amy Wagner

Natalie Fisher Amy Lawrence

Jenny Kettler Dawn Ballard

Reviews 2013-14

Completed: ◦ Jana Schultz, Amy Wagner, Kelly Carver, Cheryl

Pocrnich, Donna Sharper, Natalie Fisher, and Sarah Kreinbrink

Upcoming:◦ December: Risa Cohen, Cindy Weiher, Kathy

Heckert

◦ January: Stacey Alfonso, Barb Bauchman, Molly Kujawa

◦ February: Amy Lawrence, Cory Hall, Janell Butts, Jenny Kettler

◦ March: Tricia Miller-Purvis, Dawn Ballard, Shannon Schlumbohm

◦ April: Wendi Rowland, Terie Alvarez, Melissa Snyder, Fran Pancoast

The next slide shows you how to find the LPDC Intranet page!

January Training – dates TBD

Required for◦ All teachers new to WSM or who have not

started a 5-year plan

◦ All teachers who are renewing their license this year

Purpose◦ To understand Professional Development

process (and if needed fill out 5-year plan paperwork)

Strongly recommended for any teacher (unless you attended September)

In-service credit granted

A little history -- in the olden days…

Prior to 2011, the LPDC validated

Professional Development credits

◦ for licensed Ohio teachers,

◦ who submitted paperwork once every 5

years

◦ in order to renew their teaching license

Since 2011

New Broadband system asks allWSM teachers to document Professional Development

LPDC phased in non-licensed and non-tax West Side teachers

LPDC moved to yearlyreviews due to annualSalary Band meeting

We are doing our best

Also in 2011 ODE made

changes ODE changed standards for educators

and LPDCs as it moved from Praxis to

Resident Educator Program

LPDC updated documents

Biggest change was the SMART goal

We adapted

… it was a very busy year!

CEU requirements set by

Broadband Committee

Over 5 years:

Band 1 – 50 hours (5 CEUs) – 10 hrs. per year

Band 2 – 80 hours (8 CEUs) – 16 hrs. per year

Band 3 – 100 hours (10 CEUs) 20 hrs. per year

Band 4, 5 and Ohio 5-year professional

license – 180 hours (18 CEUs) – 36 hrs. per year

Hours per year are average. You don’t have to do a specific amount

of hours each year. You can do a little more one year, less

another… as long as it adds up at the end of 5 years.

2013 - LPDC adjusts to teacher

needs Warning! The next 10 slides are boring.

They explain process changes we made in 2013 to meet teachers’ needs. You might want to skip those slides, unless you are pretty detail-oriented.

The point is we have worked hard to improve things, despite what you might think.

Teachers kind of dozed off during the meeting during this part. Try skipping to slide 24.

2013 - LPDC adjusts to teacher

needs

We created a new process

Teachers had the choice of moving to

new process or waiting until the end of

their 5 year plan

2013 - LPDC adjusts to teacher

needs

Teachers didn’t like that they could not

count any PD unless it applied to a

goal

Created the Explore goal

◦ to capture all In-Services

◦ and up to 2 CEUs of Professional

Development unrelated to a goal

LPDC adjusts to teacher

needs Teachers were frustrated by

complicated and arbitrary CEU limits

on different types of activities

Took away max limits on categories

Offered training on balancing

Professional Development across

standards

This respects teachers’ different needs

LPDC adjusts to teacher

needs Teachers were frustrated that there

were no forms to document “non-

certificate” activities

Created forms and instructions for all

valid activities, including time logs

Put them on-line and in teacher

workrooms

All the forms include a time log

LPDC adjusts to teacher

needs Teachers often forgot to pre-approve

“independent projects”

Took away pre-approval requirement

retroactively so no one lost hours

Made up-front goal form more specific

LPDC adjusts to teacher

needs The forms were multi-page, goals in

one section and activity log in another

section

Revised forms so it is one goal per

page

Goal on the front and activity log on

the back

LPDC adjusts to teacher

needs Licensed teachers new to WSM, can

bring CEUs with them through

“reciprocity”. Non-tax/non-licensed

new teachers could not count anything

prior to employment.

Now non-licensed/non-tax teachers

may count college coursework or

Montessori training within a year prior

to employment

Their 5-year plan is dated accordingly

LPDC adjusts to teacher

needs There was no training to help teachers

Last year we met with teachers one-

on-one and in small groups. There

were help sessions weekly after

school for 8 weeks in March - April.

We did two training sessions in

September and are offering more in

January 2014.

◦ The presentations are on the WSM

Intranet to look at anytime. We are

planning to add narration.

LPDC adjusts to teacher

needs Busy teachers do not have time for

“one more after-school meeting”

Teachers in Montessori Training or

who have completed requirements are

exempt from yearly review

LPDC will review your CEUs, without

you being present at review meeting

◦ Turn in documents 2 weeks in advance so

we can preview them.

To sum it up…

We’re working to meet WSM needs.

All changes in LPDC handbook

We must have a consistent rules.

We cannot change rules on the fly.

◦ We discuss new questions in committee

and decide how it best applies to

everyone.

We’re seeing progress!

It’s easier than you think

It’s easier than you think

Band 1 – 5 CEUs

10 hours per year

In-Service typically offers at least 10

hours per year

Fill all your hours through In-Service

It’s easier than you think

Band 2 – 8 CEUs

16 hours per year

10-16 hours In-Service

◦ (This year the In-Service offered 16

hours)

You can count 4 additional hours per

year that are not goal-related

During 5 years – will write 0 or 1 goal

It’s easier than you think

Band 3 – 10 CEUs

20 hours per year

Again, 10-16 hours per year on In-

Service

You can do 4 additional hours per year

that are not goal-related

You might need 0-6 more hours/year

During 5 years, might write 0-2 goals

It’s still easier than you think

Band 4, 5 and licensed teachers – 18 CEUs

36 hours per year – (yes, a workweek)

Again, 10-16 hours per year on In-Service

+ 4 hours per year not goal-related

Still need 16-22 hours per year

So, you basically need one goal per year (about 20 hrs)

◦ Implementing Educational project

◦ Serving on committee

◦ Montessori Accreditation team

◦ Mentoring, modeling

◦ Etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.,

◦ (This goal can also fulfill a leadership role, a perfectly acceptable double dip.)

You have more time than you think

Professional Day

Option for all teachers to take one paid professional day

Certificate activity or offsite observation – no prior LPDC approval needed

Something else? ◦ request in advance

◦ state specific activities

◦ Activities have to support an existing Professional Development goal

Hot Spots - Committees

Professional Development must be an activity involving new learning or professional growth

Make sure you can justify how your committee work does that.

Committee can make a group goal (or you can make individual goal as a committee member)

Committee must keep attendance records and give to members as evidence

Hot Spots – Educational

Projects If you’re implementing something big -

- learning & putting into action -- it’s an “Educational Project”

You must keep detailed time records

You must to present LPDC evidence of the work when it is done

Evidence must be in professional format: imagine you were sharing with your teammates or at a conference. This means a presentation, binder or portfolio.

Hot spot hint:

If you hate keeping a time log…do not do activities that make you keep a time log.

Choose activities where someone gives you a certificate, like workshops, or minutes, like a committee.

Independent activities are a choice but they do take time to document hours and evidence.

They are like an independent study in school.

Hot Spots – New Goals

You have a new goal

Write it (form/online)

Submit when?

Immediately

QUIZ – as you work on your

goal…

1. On your goal, can you change the

actual activities you plan, such as

reading a book instead of watching a

video?

YES

2. Can you significantly CHANGE the

nature of the goal or the outcome?

NO –

you need to rewrite your goal

QUIZ – as you work on your

goal…

3. You estimated 30 hours. Do you

HAVE to spend 30 hours or you’ll

somehow get in trouble?

NO. You can do less. You will not get

in trouble.

QUIZ – as you work on your

goal…

4. Something more important has come

up and you want to scrap it. Can

you?

Of course!

5. Can you get credit for time put in

even if you did not reach the goal

or have the outcome predicted?

YES! But you must have evidence

of your work.

QUIZ – as you work on your

goal…

6. You estimated 30 hours. Now

you’ve spent 30 but you’re not

done yet. Can you keep working?

YES!

You can go over your predicted hours

by 1 CEU or10 hours

◦ If you’ll need more than that, you must

REVISE the goal before doing the extra

time.

QUIZ – as you work on your

goal…

Thanks for taking time to read

this presentation. Come to

training if you want more info.

We usually have chocolate.