Professional

Development
Presentation
JoAnn Leleck
Elementary School
at Broad Acres

Becca Smoot
(Horgan)
Towson University
Educational
Leadership
Spring 2018
 Introduction
JLES is represented with 859 students that
include:
❖ 95% receive FARMs
❖ 82.7% Hispanic students (over 700)
❖ 13.3% black or African American
❖ 5% comprising of Asian and/or Multiple Races.
❖ The school also represents 106 staff members.
❖ 100% of students and staff need more 21st century
technology skills
 Standard 1: Content knowledge Standard 4: Diverse learning needs

Standards and quality teaching

Effective professional development deepens

Effective professional development ensures
that all teachers have the knowledge, skills,
and dispositions to meet the diverse learning
all teachers' content knowledge and the
needs of all of their students.
knowledge and skills necessary to provide
effective instruction and assess student
progress. Retrieved from:
http://www.kidsmomo.com/author/kidsmomo/page/3/

Standard 3: Digital age learning environments

a. Model effective classroom management and
collaborative learning strategies to maximize teacher
and student use of digital tools and resources and
access to technology-rich learning environments
c. Coach teachers in and model use of online and
blended learning, digital content, and collaborative
learning networks to support and extend student
learning as well as expand opportunities and choices
for online professional development for teachers and
administrators
Standard 6: Family involvement
Effective professional development ensures that
all teachers have the knowledge, skills, and
dispositions to involve families and other
community members as active partners in their
children's education.
Professional Development
Outcomes

#DiverseLearners
PLCs Community

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2018/is-logo-still-most-
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 Professional Learning Communities
• Taught by: SLMS, SD, and • Technology Leaders: support in
Administration staff using and applying information
• Differentiated Sessions: learned from sessions
based on professional • Share and Apply: information
desire/ need learned and embed into planning
• Google Apps for Education for their teams
• ActivInspire
• Times: morning, afterschool,
or during planning periods
• Pegoda (2014) explains that
teachers need hands on
learning experiences Retrieved from: https://www.learning.com/news/3-ways-
develop-well-trained-teachers
 #DiverseLearners
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observation-png-4450.html
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• 1x per Marking Period (MP) SLMS
and Staff Development Coach in
LESSONS AND ASSESSMENTS
• YES and NO examples
• Consider: audience level when
creating lessons
• Imagery used (WOW factor)
• Font legibility
• Use of space
• Goals clearly defined
• 20 minute session: how to access two
MCPS digital resources and embed into
daily routine
• Staff Development or SLMS will
connect strategy to curriculum
content within the first 3 weeks of
each MP
• Teams will Observe: teacher modeling how
to integrate one resource DURING a
lesson in a video
• Students: use a variety of resources and
mediums to present information learned
• Resources and mediums that instructors
use are modeled/ integrated to students
daily
• Student Choice on which medium to
present information
 Responsible Use & Community
• Parent and Teacher
Involvement
Collaboration: to ensure • Parent Coordinator: lead in clearly
safety with home and school giving parent resources on how to
use protect their children at home
• Clear Guidelines: for what • Monthly Parent Newsletter: tips and
responsibility looks like at clues to look into their child’s social
school emotional
• Consequences: behaviors
while at home
when expectations
and access to
aren't followed their devices
Retrieved from: https://www.oacmg.com/single-post/2016/05/23/Too-Much-Screen-Time-the-Effects-
of-Excessive-Technology-for-Kids
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ISTC Standards. Coaches. (2011) International Society for Technology in

Education. Retrieved on 4/12/18 from: https://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/20-

14_ISTE_Standards-C_PDF.pdf

JoAnn Leleck Elementary School “At a Glance” retrieved on 4/28/18 from:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountabili

ty/glance/currentyear/schools/02304.pdf

Pegoda, A. J. (2014, June). It’s andragogy, not pedagogy. Retrieved from

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term-pedagogy-describe-ideas-regard-college-teaching