Creating High Quality online PD for PK-12

Session Title: Creating a High Quality Online Professional Development Program for PK-12 Educators Tuesday July 21 2 pm

This was presented by a private company Shultz Institute which does PD for Florida. They provided a good outline to think about as one develops a program. Who are the key players - lots of roles to fill

• system admins
• instructional designers
• subject matter experts

Question must be answered - who is the audience that will attend the PD offered?

Required - Course Creation system - an internal systems to make it all work;

a course request system so that staff can request an online PD course that meets their needs

Questions to be answered;

• who owns the course
• is it facilitated
• who updates the course
• is it new or existing package that needs updated

Required - Course development system
these must be;

• aligned with an online course rubric
• use this to create an empty course shell/template

Use ADDIE model Analyze Design Develop Implement Evaluate

Required - Course  Implementation System

Facilitators be held to a Standard Operating Procedure

• minimally they must respond to participants within 48 hours
• report data
• close course
• communicate and enforce completion etc..

 IMHO APS needs especially the course creation system to empower teachers to ask for the training they want. I believe we have the Course Development and Course Implementation in place.

Districts Can Easily Create Online Courses

Session Title: Content Creation & Curation: Districts Can Easily Create Online Courses 

Presenter:  Spokane Public Schools 

"The canned courses are never rigorous enough for our kids." -- Spokane has been developing their own courses for over 8 years.

Initial buy-in for Blackboard was through making it the "one-stop shop" -- posting textbook and electronic resources.  Worked with vendors during curriculum adoption process in order to post materials within Bb. Also posted Program Guides, Professional books, etc

 Systematic approach for building rigorous, standard-aligned online courses that are copied and used across the district. By developing your own online courses in Bb, school districts have the flexibility to support virtual, blended, credit retrieval and student support programs cost effectively using the same online content. Spokane also has a consortium agreement with Blackboard.

Education Week article they were interviewed for: Ed-Tech Leaders Outline Their LMS Needs

I requested a copy of their slides, course maps, and checklists.

During Q&A, Michael from Baltimore PS mentioned they purchased a "Master Course Synchronization Tool" building block which allows ability to push out and pull back content to and from the copied courses.

Content Creation & Curation: Districts Can Easily Create Online Courses -Spokane Public Schools

Content Creation & Curation: Districts Can Easily Create Online Courses  

Spokane Public Schools has been developing quality online courses for over eight years and has used these courses in various ways to improve the district's on-time graduation rate. The school district will share its systematic approach for building rigorous, standard-aligned online coursework that can be used across the district. By developing your own online courses using your own learning management system, school districts have the flexibility to support virtual, blended, credit retrieval and student support programs cost effectively using the same online content.

Why do our students take our classes? 
Here is what our first semester students have to say:

• 53% - Ability to work at my own pace
• 29% - Ability to review the material as many times as I want
• 8% - Take a class not offered at my school
• 32% - To work ahead or take an advanced class
• 16% - Increase my motivation or engagement in a course material
• 14% - Get more individualized attention
• 26% - Supports my learning style
• 74% - Fits my schedule Complete H.S. requirement
• 53% - Feel more comfortable asking questions in an online class
• 5% - To retrieve a class I have failed or to get a better grade

       











 Links to planning documents coming soon!

Speakers: Kristin Whiteaker, Director, Spokane Virtual and Blended Learning, Spokane Public Schools; Don Brummett, Manager, Virtual Programs and Technologies, Spokane Public Schools

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From session:  "Transitioning to Blended Learning: Preparing Pre-Service & In-Service Teacher"

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A lot to choose from for k-12

I am reviewing the offerings listed when filtering for just k-12 and it is a great range of content. Here is the short list.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Content Creation & Curation: Districts Can Easily Create Online Courses (National Harbor 2)
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Proactive Communications: Building A Foundation For Your District (National Harbor 10)
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM What's In Your Digital Toolbox? College & Career Readiness for the K-12 Student (National Harbor 11)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Boosting School-to-Home Connection: Proven Strategies & Tactics (National Harbor 2)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Creating a High Quality Online Professional Development Program for PK-12 Educators (Baltimore 1&2)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Transitioning to Blended Learning: Preparing Pre-Service & In-Service Teachers
(National Harbor 11)

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Blackboard & PowerSchool: Better Together (National Harbor 4 & 5)
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Keep Calm and Blackboard On… (National Harbor 11)
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Parent Panel: Parent Engagement to Drive Student Success (National Harbor 3)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM K-12 Keynote: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day -The Flipped Classroom (National Harbor 3)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Blackboard K-12 Leadership Keynote & Roadmap (National Harbor 3)
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Making Mobile Communication Improve School to Home Communication (National Harbor 2)
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Rocket Session (National Harbor 10)
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM The Flip Side: A Flipped Learning Panel (National Harbor 3)
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM Embrace Blended and Online Learning with Digital Content (National Harbor 11)
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion: Powerful Professional Development to Prepare Teachers for Digital Learning (National Harbor 3)
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM Patience, Persistence and Prayer: The Three P's to Building a District Website in Six Months (National Harbor 10)

Thursday, July 23, 2015
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Engage-Inform-Succeed! (National Harbor 4 & 5)
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Simplified Data Integration to Power Teaching, Learning, & Communication (National Harbor 10)
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Teaching Across the Planet: Collaborate to Clarify (National Harbor 3)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Blackboard's Mobile First Strategy: Mobilizing Your Schools (Woodrow Wilson B/C)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Competency Based Digital Learning (National Harbor 10)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Panel Discussion: Hot Topics in K-12 Education (National Harbor 3)
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Panel Discussion: The Leader Behind Every Digital Transformation Success Story (National Harbor 3)
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM Workshop: Best Practices for Flipped Classroom (National Harbor 11)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM How a Few Educators and Schools Are 'Killing It' When It Comes to Social and Mobile Engagement (Woodrow Wilson D)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Rocket Session (National Harbor 10)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Blackboard K-12 Leadership Listening Session (National Harbor 10)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Disrupting the Factory Model: Phase Two (National Harbor 11)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Getting started with Social Media in K-12 (National Harbor 3)

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