Antonia Mapson-Thompson

MEDT 7461
Summer 2017
Professional Development Year-Long Agenda

For this project you will develop a potential agenda for one year. Complete the table below –
remember this is a draft agenda – not detailed descriptions of each module. You will develop the
first module in this course. At the bottom of the page you will find a sample agenda. You can
begin your agenda with any month.
Month Module Topic Content Potential Participants
August Kahoot *How to create a Kahoot *Teachers
*The use of the website *Administrative Staff
*How to engage students
*The purpose for using this
site
*How to review the data
September Edmodo *Enabling students access *Teachers
*How can parents stay *Parents
connected
*Creating assignments

October SMART Table use *how to locate activities *Teachers

*how to save activities to USB *Librarian
to use in smart table *Administrative Staff
November Monthly News Letter *The importance of reading *Parents
*Content that it will contain
*Areas for improvement or
questions.
December PBIS (Positive *Behavior *Administrative Staff
Behavior Incentive *The purpose of PBIS *Teachers
System) *The importance of consistent
rewards
*Areas for growth within the
PBIS
January Data *How to analyze your data *Teachers
*There importance of constant *Administrative Staff
review
*Small group formation
*Process for reassessment

February Accelerated Reader *Why we read *All adults and

Program *The importance of reading community partners
*How to gain AR points
*What you can use these
points for
March Academic Resources *How these websites can help *Parents
you
*The purpose of using these
websites
April Communication Tools *List of communication tools *Classroom Teachers
for parents.
*Sample of some of the tools
*Review the benefits of using
a communication tool in your
classroom

May Summer Reading All adults

Programs
June Nearpod Teachers and school
staff
July Getting reading for the All adults
next school year
Sample Agenda
Month Sample Module Topic Sample Content Potential
Participants
August Online Professional * Instructions for accessing All teachers and
Development to modules support personnel
Improve Instruction * Overview of Standards for 21st
Century Learners, Tech
Standards
* Sample connections to
GPS/curriculum content
September Resources to support * Print resources All adults
instruction or other * Online resources
work * Primary resources
October Using smart boards to * Specific software Math teachers
support instruction * Teacher created programs
November Evaluating online * Sample sites English and
information * Website and information History teachers
evaluation tools
December Information search * Variety of search engines Science teachers
strategies * Variety of search strategies
January GALILEO resources * GALILEO resources for each All teachers
level and content area
February Research models * Variety of research models History and
Science teachers
March Reference citations * Various formats All adults
* Online citation machines
April Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts * Web 2.0 tools All adults