11 Report on Professional Development for 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 Update Developed for the Providence School Board March 28, 2011 Presented by: Marco Andrade

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Report on Professional Development for 2009-2010 and

2010-2011 Update

Developed for the Providence School Board

March 28, 2011

Presented by: Marco Andrade

Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

Sharon L. Contreras, Chief Academic Officer

BACKGROUND

• Office of Professional Learning responsible for coordinating the PD offerings in PPSD

• PD sessions offered after school, Saturdays, and at seasonal institutes throughout the year (summer, optional days)

• My Learning Plan (MLP), a web-based system to manage PD offerings and teacher accounts to facilitate registration for, and tracking of, PD sessions 22


BACKGROUND

Focus of Report

1. Review of PD provided in 2009-2010 consisting of:

– participant end-of-session evaluations– percentage of math and science

teachers who completed their required number of professional development hours.

2. Review of 2010 Summer Institute and brief update on Optional PD days

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REVIEW OF 2009-2010 PD

Math & Science PD Hours

• Crosstabulation completed in Mar2010 – some PD offerings still available

• 29.5% general education teachers at the elementary level completed (or had the potential to complete) all required math and science hours

• 50-62% of elementary level teachers (outside 3rd and 4th due to Science kits spanning 2 years) were not able to complete all required hours

• elementary level teachers had completed an average 83% of required hours

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• 52.8% middle school teachers were not going to be able to meet all required hours in math and 54.8% in science even if they were to participate in all remaining scheduled PD sessions

• Middle school math teachers had completed an average of 66.9% of required workshops

• High percentage (44.4%) of incorrect workshops taken among math teachers– teachers may have taken incorrect workshops– changed in what was required, either in terms of

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• Three in four (74.6%) high school math teachers were not going to complete all their required hours

• High school math teachers on average had taken 72.2% of their required courses

• 34.9% had taken an incorrect workshop• Two in three high school science teachers

(67.3%) did not or were not going to complete all their required hours.

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2009-2010 End of Session Evals

• End of PD session evaluation form – 13 questions

• 12,859 returned, completed session evaluation forms

• 86% of respondents were teachers (2,903 did not respond to question 1)

• 65% of respondents said the info provided in PD was new to them

• 90%+ “agreed” or “strongly agreed” to questions 3-10

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3. I learned at least one new piece of information in this session that could impact my thinking and teaching.

4. The information provided in this session is relevant to my professional practice.

5. The information presented at this workshop reflected best practice

6. The presentation was clear and easy to understand.

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7. Information was presented in an interesting, engaging manner.

8. I am likely to implement information from this session in my professional practice.

9. Students in my building or class would likely benefit if the information from this session were implemented.

10. I would recommend this session to my colleagues.

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• 25% liked the speaker best• 22% liked the general info presented the

best• 59% said the part of the session that

needed the most improvement was nothing followed by other and hands-on practice at 8%

• 38.5% needed practice to best apply learned knowledge and skills followed by 17% nothing and 10% additional training

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2010-2011 PD UPDATE

2010 Summer PD Offerings & Attendance

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Teachers 2010 2009 Total # of teachers participated 1,600 1,463 Total # of hours completed 31,855.75 26,254.50

PD Sessions 2010 2009

Total # of offerings 421 324

Math 95 38 Science 76 76

ELA 62 * Social Studies 34 *

Enrollment 2010 2009

Total Completed Enrollment 9,061 5,338 Total Maximum Capacity for all Offerings 12,973 8,898 % Final Participation Based on Max Capacity 70% 60%

2010-2011 PD UPDATE

2010 Summer PD Offerings & Attendance

• Currently 1,176 session offerings for the 2010-2011 academic year

• 36% of PD offerings available in summer over 5 week period

• Most sessions over 7 fall/winter months• Session offerings are added throughout the

year as needed; info is subject to change1212


PD Sessions Summer 2010 (Jul19-Aug20)

Fall/Winter 2010-2011 (Aug 31-Mar4)

Spring 2011 (Mar5-Jun30)

Total # of offerings 421 599 155 Math 95 49 29

Science 76 162 26 ELA 62 55 14

Social Studies 34 30 13 All others 154 303 73

2010-2011 PD UPDATE

2010 Summer PD Session Eval

• 7,668 participants completed end-of-session surveys evaluating PD sessions offered during the summer of 2010 (July 19-August 26, 2010).

• Majority of respondents (n=5,742; 94.9%) identified themselves as teachers

• Over two thirds indicated that most of the info covered was new (n=5,234; 69.0%)

• However, about 1 in 3 “disagreed” or “strongly disagreed” that the session provided them with new information

• 90%+ “agreed” or “strongly agreed” to questions 3-10 1313


2010-2011 PD UPDATE

2010 Summer PD Session Eval

• 31% liked the general info presented the best

• 28% liked the speaker best• 49% said the part of the session that

needed the most improvement was nothing followed by hands-on practice at 11%

• 44% needed practice to best apply learned knowledge and skills followed by 14% nothing and 13% additional training

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2010-2011 PD UPDATE

2010-2011 Optional PD Days

DATES # offerings # participants

Aug 31 50 816 (16/offering)

Oct 29 81 1,586 (20/offering)

Oct 30 (Sat.) 22 349 (16/offering)

Jan 18 61 1,233 (20/offering)

Mar 5 (Sat.) 11 224 (signed-up)

Mar 7 (cancelled) 72 1,472 (signed-up)

Total: 297 5,680

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• Includes teacher PD sessions, administrator trainings, and teacher assistant trainings

CONCLUSIONS

• Ultimate question regarding PD is whether teachers have completed their required hours (as a precursor to correlating how this may contribute in combination with other variables into improved classroom instruction and student outcomes)

• PD sessions are labeled “required” but in fact are not mandatory and thus at the discretion of the teacher

• However in regards to professional practice, in order to appropriately instruct students using the curriculum, employ best practices and use assessment information for decision making, teachers should be using available opportunities to maintain expertise as a matter of ethical and professional responsibility.

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CONCLUSIONS

• Majority of general ed math and science teachers across levels, even with the potential to accumulate more hours, would not complete their required PD hours.

• The numbers of participating teachers and hours completed, session offerings and enrollment increased for the 2010 Summer Institute

• Participant perceptions of the PD sessions show a consistency in responses. Many would like more hands-on practice to apply what is learned.

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11 Report on Professional Development for 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 Update Developed for the Providence School Board March 28, 2011 Presented by: Marco Andrade