NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
CENTER FOR EDUCATION
TEACHER ADVISORY COUNCIL
CALIFORNIA TEACHER ADVISORY COUNCIL
Enhancing Professional Development for Teachers:
Potential Uses of Information Technology
February 8-9, 2007
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center
Huntington Room
100 Academy Dr.
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February 8, Thursday - Lunch is available in Beckman Center cafeteria starting at 11:45 A.M.
| 12:45 |
Opening Remarks
Lyn Countryman, Co-Chair, Planning Committee
Bruce Alberts, Former President, NAS
Wanda Bussey, Chair, Teacher Advisory Council
Stan Hitomi, Chair, California Teacher Advisory Council
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| 1:00 |
Keynote Speakers - Online Professional Development for Teachers -
Where are we today and what does the future hold?
Chris Dede, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Louis Gomez, Northwestern University School of Education
Questions from participants
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| 2:15 |
Case Study - An example of interactive online work
Examine issues of Online Teacher Professional Development (OTPD) from a systemic perspective using an actual example
of a project to promote this kind of professional development. This is a continuation of the online discussion among participants prior to the workshop.
Chris Dede
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| 3:15 |
Break
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| 3:45 |
Panel - What does research say about Online Teacher Professional Development?
Marcia Linn, Professor of Cognition and Education, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley (Science perspective)
Andee Rubin, Senior Scientist, Technical Education Research Centers (TERC) (Mathematics perspective)
Examination of issues in Online Teacher Professional Development from a systemic perspective.
What are the challenges when studying teacher professional development? How can OTPD exploit this knowledge through the
unique characteristics of the online environment?
How can teachers make use of what research says? Teacher responder
Deb Smith, Second grade teacher, Woodcreek Magnet School for Math, Science and Engineering, Lansing, Michigan
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| 5:00 |
A Brief View of Three Research-based OTPD Programs
Barbara Schulz, Moderator, Teacher Leader, Teacher Advisory Council
David Zarowin, Wide World, http://wideworld.pz.harvard.edu
James Pence, Teachers' Domain, http://teachersdomain.org
Liz Pape, Virtual High School, http://www.govhs.org
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| 5:30 |
Questions for the day's speakers
Stan Hitomi, Facilitator, Chair, California Teacher Advisory Council and San Ramon Valley Unified SD Science and Math Coordinator
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| 6:00 |
Buses back to the hotel
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| 7:00 |
Dinner for all at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach
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February 9, Friday
| 7:30 A.M. |
Busses depart from hotel
Breakfast - on the Terrace
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| 8:30 |
Welcome back. Brief recap of ideas from Thursday
Overview for the day - Lyn Countryman, Biology Teacher and Science Education Professor, Northern Iowa University
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| 8:45 |
Panel - Current State of Professional Development for Teachers
Juliana Jones, Moderator, Middle School Mathematics Teacher
What is the Evidentiary Base for Understanding & Evaluating Professional Development
Hilda Borko, School of Education, University of California, Boulder
Models of Online Teacher Professional Development
Explore a capacity building, learning community model where teachers are trained to deliver and/or design online professional
development workshops for other teachers in their district, state, consortia or other educational organization.
Barbara Treacy, Education Development Center
Online Teacher Professional Development from a school district perspective
Martha Valencia, Master teacher LAUSD, and trained online facilitator who has been delivering workshops
to elementary math teachers, Teacher responder
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| 10:00 |
Get refreshments and move to breakout rooms
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| 10:15 |
View from Ground Level - Lyn Countryman
Break out groups by color code
From your perspective, what does the future hold for OTPD in your work?
What might be some roadblocks to a more systemic use of OTPD?
To what extent is OTPD available and used in your professional life?
Facilitators - members of the planning committee
Barbara Treacy, Educational Development Center - yellow
Sue Doubler, Technical Education Research Centers (TERC) - green
Tad Johnston, Maine Department of Education - blue
Stacey Kyle, Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning - red
Groups will share ideas at the end of the day
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| 11:30 |
Panel - Standards for Online Teacher Professional Development
Ford Morishita, Moderator, Science Teacher Clackamas High School, OR
William Thomas, Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
Access and Equity Issues in OTPD
Raymond M. Rose, President, Rose and Smith Consulting and Former Vice President, The Concord Consortium
Quality Perspectives on Online Teacher Professional Development from a master teacher providing a vision of discipline specific OTPD - changing the paradigm
Valdine McLean, Teacher, Pershing County High School, Lovelock, Nevada
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| 12:30 |
Lunch on the Terrace
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| 1:30 |
Panel - Descriptive Synthesis and the Vision for the Future
Sandie Gilliam, Moderator, California Mathematics Council
What are the economics and benefits? How do we balance a state of the art small innovative program with scalability and effectiveness?
Leah O'Donnell, Senior Consultant, Eduventures
Possibilities for the Future - Cost, Benefit and Equity Issues
Linda Chaput, Chief Executive, Agile Mind, Inc.
Janet English, Middle School Science Teacher, on leave to serve as Director of Educational Services at KOCE-TV, Orange County, CA
Teacher Responder
Breakout groups discuss
Where are the gaps in the offerings for OTPD? What is missing in OTPD? Can quality OTPD be delivered at a cost that is sustainable for most school districts? How can policy makers help with cost and equity issues?
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| 3:30 |
Concluding Discussion - Facilitators:
Betty Carvellas, Science Teacher, Essex High School and TAC member
Javier Gonzales, Math Teacher, Pioneer High School Math and Cal TAC member
Group reporting from breakout groups
Comments from TAC, Cal TAC and planning committee members followed by comments from general audience
How can the teacher voice influence the future use of OLPD for teachers?
What is the intrinsic value of OTPD from the teachers' perspective?
What policies are needed locally, statewide, and nationally?
(All comments will be included in the written workshop report - this is a chance to make the comments we want included in the report)
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| 5:00 |
Adjourn
Busses back to the hotel available.
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