State and District Partnership Deployments

Enhancing PD for Teachers:Potential Uses of Information Technologies2007 National Research Council Report

“Flexibility is of primary concern for teacher PD. Different teachers have different needs, depending on such factors as…their individual preferences and learning styles...[Of importance is] How to give teachers an appropriate voice, at school district levels, in what PD they get. If we can’t give teachers a voice in their professional development, I don’t think we are going to solve this problem…”

Bottom Line: “Information technology…can deliver what teachers need, when they need it, and where they need it.”…The role of teachers in shaping online PD needs to be a focus of research…”

Committee Chairs:Lyn Le Countryman, University of Northern Iowa,Chris Dede, Harvard Graduate School of Education

The NSTALearning Center

• From where we have come

• Where we are• Where we are

going

The NSTALearning Center

From where we have come•NLC Fully

Operational•3,000 Assets

Tagged•$6.5 M Secured

since FY 06

Over 2,924 e-PD Resourcesand Opportunities Available

Roughly 25% Free and80% free or under $1.00

• 788 products free ($0)

• 1546 products ($1)

• 0 product ($1-3)

• 312 products ($3-$5)

• 39 products ($5-10)

• 101 products ($10-20)

• 138 products ($20+)

July 2008 Collection

• 2048 Journal Articles• 226 NSTA Press Books• 17 NSTA Press e-books• 449 NSTA Book e-Chapters• 24 SciGuides (vetted web resources)• 70 Web Seminars/YR (access to live experts)• 87 Archived Web Seminars• 10 Symposia/YR (blended f2f and online training)• 52 Science Objects (free asynchronous modules)• 13 SciPacks (online modules with certification option & expert support)• 3 NSTA Online Short Courses (fixed stop/start date, facilitator driven)

TestimonialsResearch indicates that student achievement is directly tied to the

content knowledge of the teacher in the classroom. The NSTA Learning Center provides solid science content for teachers of all levels...This is not a one-size-fits-all solution but one that can deliver what the individual teacher needs directly. The NSTA Learning Center takes teacher professional development to a new level. Science content learning is delivered through a web-based solution which focuses on what teachers need and delivers it to them when they need it.

Jan McLaughlin, President State Science Supervisors

See all Learning Center Testimonials: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/Awards_Testimonials.aspx

Where We Are: Scaling Up ImplementationOver 25,000 Individual accounts with over 138,000 resourcesadded to users “My Library” • West Virginia Department of Education

• New Hampshire Department of Education• Hawaii Department of Education• Vermont Department of Education• Nebraska Department of Education• Cincinnati Public School, Cincinnati, OH• Louisville County Public Schools, Louisville, KY• Gwinnett and Forsyth County Public Schools, Atlanta, GA• Lincoln County Public Schools, Lincoln, NE• Twin Harbors Science Consortium

LASER Alliance, Mountain to Harbor Alliance, WA(Leadership & Assistance for Science Education and Reform)

• Oregon Science Teachers Association (Heidi Kellar)• Florida Science Teachers Association• Zero-G Flight Initiative• Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, FL• Texas Education Service Center-20 TRC• University of Texas, Tyler, TX• Texas A&M University, Texarkana, TX• Towson University, Towson, MD

Over 20 State/District Partnershipsas of Nov 2008

• Math/Science Partnership and21st Century Skills Initiative

• Blended with Face-to-Face PD• Middle School and Special Education Teachers• Phase III roll-out in 2008 (~100 teachers/yr)• Marshall University awards graduate credit

Deployment: IHE Partnership for Graduate CreditWest Virginia Department of Education

• As implement inquiry curriculum, teachers express need for content and pedagogical support

• Blend f2f for pedagogical support within context of new curriculum and SciPacks for content learning

• Elementary teacher focus, each teacher completing 3 SciPacks and a journal content notebook, and documented accountability for hours to receive stipend

• ~100 teachers/year• Considering implementing online discussions within content

specific areas to also assist in learning.

Deployments: State, District, and InstitutionsJefferson County School District

• 36 TRC’s provide high quality PD f2f toteachers ill-prepared in subjects they teach

• Two TRC’s and one Education Service Center utilize SciPacks to augment summer institute training (blended model), begin summer 2008

• All TRC’s incorporating Learning Center, requirement: 1 SciPack and PD Plan Tool for 20 hours of 105 hrs/year (900 teachers)

Deployment: Leverage Statewide Systemic SystemTexas Regional Collaboratives in Science/Math

• Math/Science Partnership• All teachers required to use the

PD Plan and Portfolio tool• Provides documentation on

building content knowledge• Assists teachers meeting state

requirements for certification (pilot)

Deployment: AccountabilityNew Hampshire Department of Education

• MSP grant with Bend - La Pine School District (25 teachers)

• Target K-8 Teachers

• Blended PD approach to assist teachers to pass general science PRAXIS

• Using SciPacks to increase teacher content knowledge, as well as f2f Symposia and on-site PD

• Participating in monthly Professional Learning Communities and incorporates mentoring

• Evaluation administered by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)

Deployments: State, District, and InstitutionsOregon Science Teachers Association

• Complements f2f PD and online discussion experiences for teachers across islands

• Target non-highly qualified and teachers working toward becoming more effective in science instruction

• Utilizes the Learning Center and SciPacks as core content for Earth Space Institute (Earth/Space Science)

• Teachers completing SciPacks receive 6 PD credits towards HQT certification or reclassification

• Goal: Prepare teachers to pass the PRAXIS

• 300 teacher license was secured as this programbegins roll-out and ramp up

Deployments: State, District, and InstitutionsHawaii Department of Education

Nine Step Deployment Model Example• Plan how fit into existing strategic science PD plan for district, and if

desire evaluation partner• Identify first wave of teachers/curriculum leaders for pilot (champions,

mentors, specialist, master educators)• Letter from home office informing about the value/purpose of rollout,

followed-up with face-to-face discussion• Provide 1 day onsite orientation to support launch• All take identical SciPack for initial common experience• Provide appropriate incentives and penalties as complete SciPacks,

link to facilitated moderated discussion/PLC• Admin monitor progress, usage, completion and pass rates• Conduct monthly/quarterly follow-up telecons with NSTA• Provide additional web seminars if/as needed

The NSTALearning Center

Where We Are Going– Full Scale

Implementation– Realizing Usage and

Worth of the Learning Center

– Unique and Premiere National Asset