Teacher Professional Development Culminating Products

"Teachers' daily experiences with students provide them with tremendous opportunities to understand and assess their own practices. Whereas teachers can learn some of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions embedded in teaching in pre--service and in-service educational programs, they can become effective teachers only if they fully understand learning from within. Such knowledge comes from a capacity to reflect upon and appreciate their own learning process and that of others."

Giselle O. Martin-Kniep, Capturing the Wisdom of Practice: Professional Portfolios for Educators, 1999

     
Judy Yamane at MoHS 2002 PD Conference


Conference Presentation: A 30-minute presentation of your professional focus into the design, implementation and assessment of your standards-based learning unit

Professional Journal: A first person printed documentation of your work with the students reflecting the implementation process of your standards-based lesson unit

Tech Product: Teacher or student use of technology as a tool to support your standards-based unit: Student Forums, Web Page Publication, Video, PowerPoint, Desktop Publication (flyer), Web-based Resource Page, Others…

Portfolio: An online documentation of your work with the students reflecting the implementation process of your standards-based lesson unit

Note: Samplers posted for each product type can really be applied to any of the Culminating Products


        2002 MoHS PD Conference
2002 MoHS PD Conference
  

Basic Components of the Culminating Products

An Introduction
A description and purpose of your product

Teaching Context
A description of your teaching context (your course / curriculum, target population, range of student strengths and needs)

Professional Development Goals / Outcomes
A description of your professional development goals / outcomes you hope to accomplish through the design, implementation and assessment of your Standards-based Unit. What do I see as my most challenging, current issue related to my students' profess / learning?

Documentation of Planning, Teaching, and Assessment 
Evidences / Samples of work (both teacher and students) as indicators of success, effectiveness in achieving your PD Goals. What actions did I take? (Over the course of the year, provide more than one example.)

Your Work

  • Plans - Standards-based learning unit
  • Reflections

Your Students' Work

  • Baseline data that can be used for pre-post comparison
  • Quantitative Samplers: Student products, surveys, rubrics, test scores
  • Qualitative Samplers: video, photos, anecdotes, case studies, forum / journal or online reflections

Analysis / Insights / Conclusion 
What is my analysis of what happened as I made adjustments? 
A summary of

  • What worked, didn't work, adjustments made
  • Match between your goals, practice and outcomes

Project Next Steps
Future directions, goals, strategies, conditions or new criteria you commit to apply in your next lessons. (My new understandings and changes in my practice which will enhance student achievement / progess.)

Professional Development Resources

Download guide questions that define the content of each component outlined above.