Professional+Development

Professional Development Scenarios The plan for professional development for the technology scenario is four-fold. For the sake of convenience we will name our teacher Mrs. Blankenship. The technology facilitator will be referred to as “I” although we have worked as a group to form the professional development plan. 1. To help Mrs. Blankenship with integrating technology into her classroom, I will meet with her initially and explain the UDL. I will also show her the examples and perform a quick “tutorial” of some of the skills the students will need. This will not be all inclusive, but at least seeing how and where the needed programs are should help her feel more confident. This plan covers a 2 day period. I will meet with Mrs. Blankenship at the end of both days to assess the success of the plan and how she felt about using technology in this manner. 2. Also, in preparation for this assignment, I will provide 2 web-based videos for Mrs. Blankenship to watch. The first is [] to help her understand the why of the project I have created. The second video is [] to help her understand how a blind student is able to work with technology. 3. The next step for her professional development would be having her join a learning community within the school. She would join the wiki that was created by 4 of the teachers in the building. They are beginning to share ideas about how to integrate technology into their rooms. This will help Mrs. Blankenship use technology and gain information about how other teachers use technology. 4. Last, Mrs. Blankenship will be paired with Mrs. Shieldknight in a peer-tutoring situation. Mrs. Shieldknight is becoming comfortable using technology in her room and is the creator of the teacher wiki. She and Mrs. Blankenship will meet at least once a week. During this time Mrs. Shieldknight will show some of her lesson plans to Mrs. Blankenship and explain why she makes the choices she does. As Mrs. Blankenship becomes comfortable with technology, these meetings will be on an as needed basis.