On-Demand Professional Development

Matthew McCrea and Andrew Pratt

G. James Gholson Middle School
Teach for America, D.C. Region
Agenda

•  à Problem Definition & Theory of Change

•  Recommended Approach
•  Principles of Design
•  Stakeholders

•  Recommended Actions
•  Teacher Engagement & Participation
•  Outgoing and Incoming Teacher Communication

•  Implementation
Problem Definition
Professional development
around data-driven instruction in
PGCPS is insufficient.

Minimal pre-service In-school training PD does not fit reality of

training in data-driven available for data is teacher schedules
instruction often limited

Teachers are not able to center instruction around the students as much as
possible.
Theory of Change
Training available for Professional Minimal pre-service
data is often limited development does not training in data-driven
fit reality of teacher instruction
schedules

Move professional development to Google Site using Streamline data

YouTube videos and data-driven instructional platform access before
templates start of school year

Make professional development accessible to all teachers on

their own terms to increase dispersal of knowledge

Instruction becomes centered around student needs

Why data-driven instruction?

•  Successful charter networks like

Achievement First and KIPP constantly
analyze and leverage data
•  Provide base knowledge so instructors can
better collaborate with data coaches and
testing coordinators
What’s the score?
Agenda

•  Problem Definition & Theory of Change

•  à Recommended Approach
•  Principles of Design
•  Stakeholders

•  Recommended Actions
•  Teacher Engagement & Participation
•  Outgoing and Incoming Teacher Communication

•  Implementation
Principles of Design:
Demonstration Site & Video
https://sites.google.com/a/pgcps.org/on-demand-pd/
Stakeholders

Central Office Principals Teachers

Facilitate and increase communication among

groups to build opportunities that support the
aims of all.
Principles of Design
•  Professional development should be…
–  easily and readily accessible
–  interactive instead of passive
–  facilitating discussion about topics
–  responsive to the needs of stakeholders
–  focused on increasing student achievement
Agenda

•  Problem Definition & Theory of Change

•  Recommended Approach
•  Principles of Design
•  Stakeholders

•  à Recommended Actions
•  Teacher Engagement & Participation
•  Outgoing and Incoming Teacher Communication

•  Implementation
Recommended Actions
•  Create one-stop Google Site for data-driven instruction PD
–  Provide videos explaining Edusoft and Performance Matters
–  Provide templates for applying principles of data-driven instruction
•  Create opportunities for communication
–  Forum for discussing data-driven instruction practices
–  Suggestions from teachers for future data-driven instruction PD on
Google Site
–  Integration into existing forms of communication to teachers
•  Facilitate data-driven instruction introduction during PEIP
–  Provide teachers with relevant login information
–  Introduce teachers to data-driven instruction Google Site
Agenda

•  Problem Definition & Theory of Change

•  Recommended Approach
•  Principles of Design
•  Stakeholders

•  Recommended Actions
•  Teacher Engagement & Participation
•  Outgoing and Incoming Teacher Communication

•  à Implementation
Implementation
•  Proposal is budget neutral
–  Google Sites already used by multiple groups in PGCPS
–  YouTube video hosting is free
•  Timeline
–  June – August: Creation of initial series of videos and
resources with input from teachers and central office staff
–  August: Introduce site to new teachers at PEIP
–  August – Ongoing: Creation of further resources based on
teacher feedback
Thank you.

We have summer web development

availability.

Matthew.McCrea@pgcps.org & Andrew.Pratt@pgcps.org

G. James Gholson Middle School
Teach for America, D.C. Region