Professional Development Practices: Ensuring Quality Delivery and Sustainability Bridget S. Borgogna, M Ed Health Education Specialist Division of Population Health/School Health Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NEXT STEPS Agenda: 1. Introduction 2. Benefits & Definitions 3. Professional Development Practices Learning Objectives: 1. - Identify the six professional developmental (PD) practices 2. - Describe how the six PD practices support the capabilities of your state s training and trainers 3. - Describe how the six PD practices help to improve the quality and outcomes of your professional development activities, events and TA 4. - Describe how the six PD practices can be applied to your performance measures
NEXT STEPS What is Professional Development? - Professional development (PD) is a systematic process that strengthens how professionals obtain and retain knowledge, skills and attitudes.
NEXT STEPS What is Professional Development (continued) - Professional Development is consciously designed to actively engage learners and includes the planning, design, marketing, delivery, evaluation, and follow-up of professional development offerings (events, information sessions, and technical assistance).
NEXT STEPS What is a Professional Development Event? - A set of skill-building processes and activities designed to assist targeted groups of participants in mastering specific learning objectives. Such events are delivered in an adequate time span (at least 3 hours) and may include trainings, workshops, and on-line or distance learning courses to assist targeted groups of participants in mastering specific learning objectives.
NEXT STEPS What are Information and Presentation Sessions? - Presentations are tailored to specific audiences such as school administrators, faculty, education and health professionals, adolescents, parents, college students, legislators, or community groups. - Information and presentations are delivered in a short period of time (at least 30 minutes and no more than 3 hours) and focus on a specific program topic.
NEXT STEPS What is Technical Assistance? - Tailored guidance to meet the specific needs of a site or sites through collaborative communication between a specialist and the site(s). Assistance takes into account site-specific circumstances and culture and can be provided through phone, mail, e-mail, Internet, or in-person meetings.
NEXT STEPS What is the Difference Between Workshops and Trainings? - A Workshop is usually an educational program for a small group of people that focuses on techniques and skills in a particular field. *Workshops = Long Term Benefits - A Training is an instructional experience provided primarily by employers for employees, designed to develop new skills and knowledge that are expected to be applied immediately upon arrival or return to the job.
NEXT STEPS Professional Development Practices are part of a process, not just an event! SUSTAIN EVALUATE FOLLOW-UP Information Session Training Workshop Technical Assistance DESIGN MARKET DELIVER
NEXT STEPS Benefits of the Professional Development Practices (1 of 3): - Program staff and providers are more likely to receive the technical support they need to do their best work. - A framework that helps you to provide professional development activities to your constituents that are: Timely Research-based Responsive to professional and community needs
NEXT STEPS Benefits of the Professional Development Practices (2 of 3): - Professional Development Practices are useful for growing professional and agency capacity.
NEXT STEPS Benefits of the Professional Development Practices (3 of 3): - Better alignment with professional and agency goals and needs can help partnerships become more focused, responsive and effective.
NEXT STEPS The Six Professional Development Practices: SUSTAIN EVALUATE DESIGN FOLLOW-UP MARKET DELIVER
SUSTAIN The Six Professional Development Practices: Sustain Sustain a Professional Development Infrastructure Example Tasks: Designate a leadership role Securing financial & human resources Engaging and supporting a cadre of trainers Implementation of a professional development (PD) plan Recruitment, development and assessment of PD providers Establish a data management system
SUSTAIN The Six Professional Development Practices: Sustain Real World Example: Washington State Health and Fitness Cadre
SUSTAIN The Six Professional Development Practices: Sustain 30-40 Cadre Members: Leaders from various levels of school (Teacher Champions from elementary, middle, high) Stakeholders Partner Organizations
SUSTAIN The Six Professional Development Practices: Sustain Sustaining the Cadre: In Person Engagement: Two, 2-day meetings per year Primarily elementary, middle, high cadre members Other stakeholders as needed. Electronic Collaboration: Periodic Web Conferencing (eg., for task work & review) Email communication as needed. Promotion! Promotion! Promotion! Visual pictures of the cadre. Internal promotion and showcasing success stories.
SUSTAIN The Six Professional Development Practices: Sustain Cadre Accomplishments: Health and Fitness Assessments 25 OSPI-Developed Assessments 25 School Support Tutorials 2 Administrator Support Tutorials Health and Fitness State Standards PD Videos on Quality Health & Fitness Sample Lessons
DESIGN The Six Professional Development Practices: Design Design Professional Development Offerings Example Tasks: Identify the target audience Data to generate SMART objectives Planning for key actions, evaluation, and follow-up support Design of materials Group or One-on-One Setting Differences
DESIGN The Six Professional Development Practices: Design
MARKET The Six Professional Development Practices: Market Market Professional Development Services Example Tasks: Link professional development services that match needs Comprehensive marketing plan Collection of evaluation data Monitoring and adjusting marketing plan, materials and messages
MARKET The Six Professional Development Practices: Market
DELIVER The Six Professional Development Practices: Deliver Deliver Professional Development Example Tasks: Environment conducive for learning Use qualified professional development providers or training cadre Collect participant and evaluation data Manage materials and technology
DELIVER The Six Professional Development Practices: Deliver -VS-
FOLLOW-UP The Six Professional Development Practices: Follow-up Provide Follow-Up Support Example Tasks: Follow-up support (FUS) plan, including implementation strategies Plan FUS from the beginning Share expectations for follow-up during the event Schedule and implement as appropriate Collect participant and evaluation data
FOLLOW-UP The Six Professional Development Practices: Follow-up Building a Strategy: Follow-up Support Plan: Timeline (= distribution & checklist) Activities List Participants asked to Commit to Actions Event Action Plan: Reviews Implementation Next Steps Engagement Plan: Week 2 = FUS Email Month 1 = Website Posting of Materials Month 3 = Resent Committed Action Plan Month 7 = Booster Event for Committed Actions Month 10 = FUS Email and Tools Month 12 = FUS Phone Calls & Interviews Month 14 = Luncheon
EVALUATE The Six Professional Development Practices: Evaluate Evaluate Professional Development Processes Example Tasks: Develop an evaluation plan addressing SMART objectives Assess needs of the target audience Identify or create data collection instruments Collect process and outcome data Create a data entry protocol
EVALUATE The Six Professional Development Practices: Evaluate Evaluate Professional Development Processes Use the evaluation data: TA revisions Professional development planning Indicators of success
NEXT STEPS Next Steps Additional Training: Adult Learning Theory, Marketing, Effective Visuals and others
NEXT STEPS Next Steps Organization Activities : Identify a PD coordinator for your cooperative agreement Review work plan, performance measures, needs Discuss current strengths and areas for improvement Consider Reviewing the Professional Development Practices Inventory
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