Innovation in Professional Development: Building Intense, Alternative, Content Drive Sessions to Meet Participant Needs
Location
Room 211
Proposal Track
Practice Report
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
Teachers are busy professionals with their summers “off.” So why would they spend a week away from home in the summer with a small stipend? This session will address how faculty at Armstrong State University, along with the educators from Stone Mountain and K12 teachers, have developed workshops funded by Improving Teacher Quality Program to meet the content needs of teachers, as well as provide modeling and instruction on best practices in the classroom. As the professional needs of the teachers have changed over the years, the workshop staff has attempted to meet those needs by continuing to mold and strengthen the professional development provided.
Keywords
Professional development, Science, Math, Content
Recommended Citation
Smith, Janel and Mullenax, Donna, "Innovation in Professional Development: Building Intense, Alternative, Content Drive Sessions to Meet Participant Needs" (2014). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 52.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2014/2014/52
Proposal
Innovation in Professional Development: Building Intense, Alternative, Content Drive Sessions to Meet Participant Needs
Room 211
Teachers are busy professionals with their summers “off.” So why would they spend a week away from home in the summer with a small stipend? This session will address how faculty at Armstrong State University, along with the educators from Stone Mountain and K12 teachers, have developed workshops funded by Improving Teacher Quality Program to meet the content needs of teachers, as well as provide modeling and instruction on best practices in the classroom. As the professional needs of the teachers have changed over the years, the workshop staff has attempted to meet those needs by continuing to mold and strengthen the professional development provided.
