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[ProfessionalDevelopment 1832] Re: Is professional developmentaccountable?Tyskiewicz, Andy atyskiewicz at crec.orgMon Jan 7 09:53:59 EST 2008
In my experience, accountability in PD has been rather limited since it is often loose in structure - workshop attendance, etc. rather than a closely monitored or programmed process in which one tracks learning as we do with students. I don't think we have been serious enough with outcomes because we haven't been serious enough about jobs for staff and their evaluation process. In the case of certified/unionized teachers, we have been more accountable with them and they are held to higher standards. These positions exist in CT but are very few. -----Original Message----- From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Taylor, Jackie Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:53 PM To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1829] Is professional developmentaccountable? Good day or evening, all! Recently, Cristine Smith circulated a survey about "Accountability and Professional Development" - specifically, the survey asks professional development (PD) providers if PD related to assessment and accountability training was required before the advent of the National Reporting System (NRS), in the first two years after the NRS, and now. It asks to what extent PD providers think that the accountability system has affected the types of professional development provided in their state, and to comment on what the effect has been (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=TseraqLIt9aH5FJ5TV3ENQ_3d_3d <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=TseraqLIt9aH5FJ5TV3ENQ_3d_3d> ). These questions have gotten me to thinking about accountability in general, which brings me to a new question for the group. As noted a while back on this list (http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Accountability) accountability might be viewed as a process that starts and ends with learning; a kind of multilane highway where all parties involved have levels of accountability that they should in fact meet - including the learner. Adult literacy professional development provides accountability systems training to help some teachers and programs "be accountable" to funders and presumably to learners. In essence, we have accountability in professional development, but do we have accountability _for_ professional development? Is professional development accountable for teacher and student learning? If so, then to what extent is it (or can it be) practiced? What does it look like? How does accountability for professional development work? After all, professional development is an important party at the table of adult literacy education. I look forward to learning your thoughts this week. Best, Jackie Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator, jataylor at utk.edu The documents accompanying this fax or e-mail transmission, including any attachments, are for the sole use of the intended recipients and MAY contain confidential health or other information that is legally privileged. The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any other party unless required to do so by law or regulation and is required to destroy the information after its stated need has been fulfilled. If you are NOT the intended recipient you are hereby notified that ANY disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on the contents of these documents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information via facsimile in error, please notify the sender immediately and arrange for the return or destruction of these documents. If information is received via e-mail and you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by e-mail immediately and delete/destroy both the original and the reply e-mail message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20080107/f9bd8847/attachment.html
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