Professional Development
In order to support high standards in regards to 21 st century learning, another
theme that developed was the school’s encouragement for teachers to embrace the
instructional changes to support the district’s vision. A specific professional development
plan needs to be implemented in order to support many initiatives primarily, Classrooms
for the Future (CFF) and Differentiated Instruction (DI). Along with some of the school’s
success in its professional development plans, teachers felt that the magnitude of the
school’s vision is hindering professional development efforts causing frustration and
confusion.
For the most part the participants that were interviewed agreed that the district has
made many changes in its strategic plan due to leadership shifts that has changed reform
efforts. The administration responded to the challenging demands by increasing
professional development opportunities in areas of technology integration, the focus area
that reflects the school’s mission of technology acquisition. Administrator 1, a building
principal stated:
We’ve had a lot of changes in the last three years because of our vision of moving
into a 21 st century school. I’m really working hard to prepare kids for when they
leave here. And that means preparing their teachers to prepare the kids. So I mean
the professional development initiative has been huge…I think the struggle is
really about balancing all of the professional development for the teachers and
making sure that they value it as much as we do. We (administrators) want them
to work together and take risks, try something new. We know they can
make a mistake or two. We support them since we also know that it is still scary
because no one wants to fail.
The principal genuinely feels that the administration was being cognizant of
teacher sentiment and respectful of their workload. Despite the many priorities in the
school’s mission, Administrator 1 had positive remarks in terms of the professional
development and technical support given to teachers during these district changes.
Professional Development
In order to support high standards in regards to 21 st century learning, another
theme that developed was the school’s encouragement for teachers to embrace the
instructional changes to support the district’s vision. A specific professional development
plan needs to be implemented in order to support many initiatives primarily, Classrooms
for the Future (CFF) and Differentiated Instruction (DI). Along with some of the school’s
success in its professional development plans, teachers felt that the magnitude of the
school’s vision is hindering professional development efforts causing frustration and
confusion.
For the most part the participants that were interviewed agreed that the district has
made many changes in its strategic plan due to leadership shifts that has changed reform
efforts. The administration responded to the challenging demands by increasing
professional development opportunities in areas of technology integration, the focus area
that reflects the school’s mission of technology acquisition. Administrator 1, a building
principal stated:
We’ve had a lot of changes in the last three years because of our vision of moving
into a 21 st century school. I’m really working hard to prepare kids for when they
leave here. And that means preparing their teachers to prepare the kids. So I mean
the professional development initiative has been huge…I think the struggle is
really about balancing all of the professional development for the teachers and
making sure that they value it as much as we do. We (administrators) want them
to work together and take risks, try something new. We know they can
make a mistake or two. We support them since we also know that it is still scary
because no one wants to fail.
The principal genuinely feels that the administration was being cognizant of
teacher sentiment and respectful of their workload. Despite the many priorities in the
school’s mission, Administrator 1 had positive remarks in terms of the professional
development and technical support given to teachers during these district changes.
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