ROSES: Remote Online Sessions for Emerging Seismologists

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fransiska K. Dannemann Dugick ◽  
Suzan van der Lee ◽  
Germán A. Prieto ◽  
Sydney N. Dybing ◽  
Liam Toney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Content Structure ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Online School ◽  
Professional Development Programs ◽  
Advanced Graduate

Abstract In response to a pandemic causing the cancellation of numerous professional development programs for emerging seismologists, we successfully planned, promoted, and executed an 11 week online school for advanced graduate students worldwide during the summer of 2020. Remote Online Sessions for Emerging Seismologists included 11 distinct lessons focused on different topics in seismology. We highlight the course content, structure, technical requirements, and participation statistics. We additionally provide a series of “lessons learned” for those in the community wishing to establish similar programs.

Meaningful Professional Development in Accommodating Students with Disabilities Lessons Learned

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 344-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEANNE SHAY SCHUMM ◽  
SHARON VAUGHN
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Inservice Teachers ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
School Based ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Professional Development Programs ◽  
High Incidence Disabilities

The purpose of this article is to describe lessons learned from a series of professional development programs with inservice teachers (elementary through high school) designed to promote improvement of practices for instructing students with high-incidence disabilities in general education settings. initial professional development programs (n = 4) focused on exploring possibilities for effective formats and content. subsequent programs (n = 3) built on lessons learned and developed an intensive collaboration between university and school-based researchers in elementary classroom settings. pros and cons of each program are discussed as well as future directions for research.

scholarly journals Administrators’ Lessons Learned: Considerations in Establishing Demonstration Classrooms

in education ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany Gallagher ◽  
Arlene L. Grierson
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
School Communities ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Individual School ◽  
Professional Development Programs

This paper presents the perspectives of some administrators whose school sites hosted demonstration classrooms that were implemented as part of a board-wide professional development initiative.  Administrators highlighted the challenges of balancing the competing needs of their school system with those of their individual school communities and identified: (a) the need for advance planning; (b) the importance of consistency and communication; and (c) the complexities of acknowledging the dual roles and responsibilities held by demonstration classroom teachers.  Demonstration classroom professional development programs may hold the potential to enhance teachers’ knowledge and skills.  However, this study found that effective implementation of such programs requires skilled administrative collaboration and coordination.Keywords: educational administration, demonstration classroom professional development programs, implementation 

Principals’ Policy Preferences concerning Accountability: Implications for Key Competencies, Performance Indicators, and Professional Development

1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 448-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. S. Mac Macpherson ◽  
Margaret Taplin
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Professional Development Programs ◽  
Accountability Practices ◽  
State Schools

In this paper, we examine the policy preferences of Tasmania's principals concerning accountability criteria and processes, compare their views to other stakeholder groups, and identify issues that warrant attention in principals’ professional development programs. We show that there are many criteria and processes related to the quality of learning, teaching, and leadership that are valued by all stakeholder groups, including principals. We conclude that Tasmanian state schools probably need to review and develop their accountability policies, and that the professional development will need to prepare leaders for specific forms of performance and generate key competencies if more educative forms of accountability practices are to be realised in practice.

scholarly journals Reframing Professional Development Through Understanding Authentic Professional Learning

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 702-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Webster-Wright
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Alternative Conceptualization ◽  
Professional Development Programs ◽  
Evaluating Professional Development

Continuing to learn is universally accepted and expected by professionals and other stakeholders across all professions. However, despite changes in response to research findings about how professionals learn, many professional development practices still focus on delivering content rather than enhancing learning. In exploring reasons for the continuation of didactic practices in professional development, this article critiques the usual conceptualization of professional development through a review of recent literature across professions. An alternative conceptualization is proposed, based on philosophical assumptions congruent with evidence about professional learning from seminal educational research of the past two decades. An argument is presented for a shift in discourse and focus from delivering and evaluating professional development programs to understanding and supporting authentic professional learning.

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