The River Bend Writing Project is just now at the stage of offering professional development to our area schools and districts. We'd like to know what other sites are charging for professional development per hour/session. What portion of that goes to the teacher consultant, expenses, site, etc?
The Upstate Writing Project would like to invite your site to join us in an In-service Development Retreat February 17-18 to bring together site leaders to examine the work involved in planning, delivering and sustaining professional development.
...It is (sadly) still the case that many funders and policy-makers are still not convinced that professional development is important or necessary. Here are some resources to assist in making the case for professional development.
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I thought this video might be of interest as it shows new and emerging models of professional development in both face-to-face and online communities of educators. This video brings together teachers from Philadelphia (including PhilWP TC Meenoo Rami) and New York City and is facilitated by Shelly Terrell, the founder of #edchat and other online initiatives.
...The field of professional development and teacher learning is a diverse and rapidly changing field. As a network that provides professional development and opportunities for teacher learning, we are called upon to explain that our model is a 'high quality' model. This might especially be called for in grant proposals or meetings with potential partners.
...In this wiki book, we invite you to share your program models for integrating digital writing into your inservice program. Since programs offered during the school year often differ offer from summer or out-of-school offerings, we have built three pages for you to use. Just navigate to the appropriate page then use the edit button to open up the authoring window and add your stuff!
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