Staff Development Part I:

Topic: Project Based Learning

Audience:

     The intended audience for this staff development is all educators who teach middle school through high school students.  It is beneficial to all teaches of all subject areas who teach grade levels 6^th and above. The audience’s problem solving skills will be strengthen will this staff development, as well as technology use that involves the internet and planning with technology. Teachers who are to attend this staff development need to be motivated in wanting to strengthen their lesson plans for the students. They also must want to be able to learn how to best incorporate technology and technology uses in their classroom to higher their students thinking levels.  This training can also be used to higher the teachers professional growth in the education fields, so this would also be a reason or receiving staff development.

Timeline:

May 28, 2012-speak with principal about presenting at the August Annual Donna Staff Development at the High School.

May 30 2012- Present final presentation for August staff development to administration and teachers for feedback. Receive permission to present and have Dean of Instruction help setup with main office so that the presentation can be made at the August 2012/2013 staff development.

June-July 2012- Fix all that needs to be fixed on presentation. Create an online presentation so those who could not attend the presentation during the DonnaISD staff development can go anytime during the year to the school’s page and complete the online version of the staff development.

August 2012-Week before presentation send out emails to teachers about it and how they can sign up for it.  Present Project Based learning to teachers at Annual DonnaISD Staff Development.

Strategies for Staff Development Module

-Strategies that will be used for this staff development is project based learning strategies.

-This staff development will teach educators about project based learning.

-Strategies such as modeling how teachers can use this in their class with samples of how project based learning looks like and how to make it work in 

  the class with any subject will be used. 

-There will be a face to face staff development, but is Dean Of Instruction agrees, an online one can be made also for those who were unable to attend

  the face to face one.

Staff Development II:

Recommendations made by librarian Ricardo Soria:

“This seems like a very good staff development idea.  Something that I might suggest is adding examples of project based learning. This will help teachers understand what project based learning is more since visuals are always important.  Maybe even printing out a template for teachers to see that they can follow when they try to create their own project based learning lesson.”

Modifications:

After having a the media specialist from our school review the staff development plan that I had, I included samples of what project based learning looks like for core subjects and included a online sort of template.

Staff Development III:

• Prezi   
  
• Link to Free Project Based Learning resources/printouts

            *Free resources come from Buck Institute for Education