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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Professional development
One week ago, My school had an institute day and our administration scheduled to have a speaker discuss differentiated instruction. It was absolutely horrible. She lectured the whole time and at the end of the presentation, I felt like I was cheated out of my day. Today's discussion on professional development further illustrated how important it is to provide opportunities for the staff to experience development activities that are applicable and sustainable in the classroom. As administrators, we need to filter out the cookie cutter presentations and provide our staff with opportunities to hear, see, discuss and apply the skills we are encouraging within the classroom.
I agree that administrators need to have a better understanding of curriculum and professional development. However, we also need to make our school improvement plan as a direct guide for setting up PD. We also need to allocate time for feedback and monitoring.
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