Tina,

Thank you very much for the reply. I know where to access the NCSALL
information.  :-)

Here in Delaware, we get "clock hours" for PD activities that go toward
our recertification requirements.... Perhaps, in lieu of paying us for
this or a similar activity, we could negotiate with DOE for a "clock
hour" rate for participation. 

I am so very interested in this and other ways of using Internet tools
for PD.  It is a pleasure to hear that it went well for your program.

I have started a blog for my University class, but just barely started
it.

It is at http://daacepd.blogspot.com <http://daacepd.blogspot.com/>    .
You will need to sign on to Google Groups to comment online, but I would
happily accept any gentle constructive criticism and/or (of course)
praise.

Thanks and Happy Tax Day,

Gina

 

Sussex Correctional Institution 
Prison Education Program 
PO Box 500 
Georgetown, DE 19947 
302-856-5282 x 6204 
  
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Hi Gina, 

Last fall I created a Blackboard course in which I uploaded much of the
NCSALL Study Circle Guide: Adult Student Persistence by John Comings et
al.. Both full and part-time instructors read the articles and commented
in the discussion group asynchronously. We did offer to pay part time
teachers a minimal 2 hours for each of the three study circle lessons in
which they participated, but that was not necessary. Our staff gained
valuable insight into new ways to address student needs and to make our
orientations more student friendly. 

Tina 

Tina Luffman
Coordinator, Developmental Education
Verde Valley Campus
928-634-6544
tina_luffman at yc.edu 



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I am cross posting a message that I previously sent to the NIFL
Professional Development List.  I will include some of the responses I
received at the end my question.  Thanks to those who have responded and
I will appreciate any and all future suggestions and responses. 
  
  
I am investigating the use of technological tools to build and enhance
teacher professional development during these days of financial
cutbacks. 
It is my understanding that the State of Delaware has left no money in
the budget for professional development during this year of such a
shortage of funds. 
  
As it happens, I have just returned to work on my EdD (Educational
Doctorate) at the University of Delaware, so I hope to offer my
expertise and work on projects that will give teachers in Delaware
opportunities to create their own opportunities for professional
development. 
I am writing this to this listserv to solicit ideas and suggestions for
how other states and professional groups have taken on the development
of professional development opportunities without a great deal of
funding provided by the states or the federal government. 
  
I will be creating a bog, for the project for the class I am taking this
semester - Cognition & Technology, to document and provide  sounding
board for Delaware adult educator and other adult educators who have
used technology to enhance the effectiveness of low cost/high quality
professional development opportunities for teachers. 
  
I am an adult educator and an correctional educator. I am the media &
technology specialist for the Prison Education program that is
administrated by the Delaware Department of Education, but I do not
expect this conversation to be limited to Adult Education professional
development. 
But, I will take suggestions that I might use to strengthen the
opportunities for adult educators' professional development in Delaware.
The Adult Education Professional Development organization for Delaware
is DAACE. 
  
I look forward to a lively conversation on this topic. 
  
Sincerely 
  
Gina Lobaccaro 
  
Sussex Correctional Institution 
Prison Education Program 
PO Box 500 
Georgetown, DE 19947 
302-856-5282 x 6204 
  
gina.lobaccaro at state.de.us <mailto:gina.lobaccaro at state.de.us>  
  
  

>From David Rosen: 

Hello Gina and others,

Sometimes crisis offers opportunity. Here's where you could start:

Since you know a lot about technology already, and since two of the 
areas that teachers in Delaware probably need to improve on is 
integrating technology in their classrooms, and using online learning 
for their own professional development, I recommend you look at 
Adulted online 's Technology Integration Self assessment (TISA) 
[http://adultedonline.org
<https://owa.state.de.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://adultedonline.
org> ] Go to Tech Savvy -- select "Teachers start 
here" link. . This (free because it was developed with funds provided 
by the U.S. Department of Education] online process is a self-
assessment and much more. It is an online professional development 
process.

After taking the self assessment, a teacher (or group of teachers at 
a program, or all the teachers across a state) creates a professional 
development plan with a few objectives for the year. The teacher then 
is guided to (free or inexpensive) online learning resources to meet 
the specific objective(s). It's new, simple, elegant, and many 
teachers, program administrators and states are using it. The 
learning curve for teachers is not steep.

There is another reason to use this. It's a good model for other 
kinds of professional development. The same process could be used for 
other kinds of professional development. The process is not limited 
to only online learning. Teachers can still take advantage of face-to-
face PD (if there is any, and if their schedules allow them to take 
advantage of it) but it opens new opportunities to the majority of 
adult ed teachers , those who work part-time and have other full-time 
and part-time jobs and who can only learn online. Incidentally a 
similar online learning process is used by new State Directors of 
Adult Education and their staff, so some are quite familiar with how 
an online PD model works from their own experience.

Full disclosure: I helped to build the TISA so I am not impartial 
about it, but check it out and talk with others who have used it.  
Maybe some people on this list have used it. If so, what do you 
think?  Do you like it? Is it helpful? What are its strengths? If 
there were more funds available to support it, how could it be improved?

http://adultedonline.org/
<https://owa.state.de.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://adultedonline.
org/> 
Go to Tech Savvy -- select "Teachers start here" link.

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net <mailto:djrosen at comcast.net>  
****************************************** 

>From Martin Senger 


Pax et bonum Gina! (peace & goodness) 

I am an adult ESL teacher from Erie, Pa. I am also one of the co-chairs
for the ESL Division of the Pa. Assoc. for Adult Continuing Education
(PAACE). 

Several teachers from around the state have created a blog for adult ESL
teachers from Pa. to interact and communicate on a state-wide basis. We
only created it at the beginning of February, so we are still working
out many bugs, including the best way to add to the blog. 

We are also looking for ways to share files (lesson plans, handouts,
etc) over the web. One suggestion is that our local PDC (Prof. Dev.
Ctr.), part of the Pa. Dept of Ed. might act as a clearing house for
some of these things. If you have a counterpart to our PDCs, you might
want to try them. 

I would be interested in what you find out with this query. 

Ciao! 

Martin E. Senger 

Adult ESL Teacher 

GECAC / The R. Benjamin Wiley Learning Center 

Erie, Pa 

******************* 


>From Andy Tyskiewicz 

  
Proliteracy offerings may help - they are on line; also US Dept. of
Education has new on line products for adult educators with OVAE 
************************ 


>From Cristina Costa 


Hi Gina, 

I know the feeling. In previous institutions where I worked before there
was no budget at all for PD. However, it didn't stop me. I paid for my
own Masters'. However, the greatest achievements and the more efficient
learning was not acquired and developed through the official
accomplishment of this degree, but through the active and ongoing
engagement with an international CoP - The webheads in Action. I have
learned so much from these people, and I think I have also been able to
give something back. It is this continuous learning exchange that keeps
me motivated and also keeps my learning spark going. 

Yesterday I also joined another group in NING on Professional
Development 2.0 http://newlearning.ning.com/m
<https://owa.state.de.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://newlearning.ni
ng.com/m>  which you might also find useful. 

I hope to meet you there too. 

Best, 

Cris 
  
Cristina Costa 
http://www.knowmansland.com
<https://owa.state.de.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.knowmansla
nd.com/>  
.......................................................... 
Learning Technologies Development Officer 
Research and Graduate College
<https://owa.state.de.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.rgc.salfor
d.ac.uk/>  
University of Salford
<https://owa.state.de.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.salford.ac
.uk/>  

Tel: +44 (0)161 295 6751 

Skype ID: navysternchen 

  

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