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Concurrent Summary
Overview & Objectives
- Participants will learn about the eMINTS National Center and about components of the eMINTS professional development program (content, classroom visits, support mechanisms)
- Participants will learn about the infrastructure and communication processes that power the eMINTS professional development program
- Participants will learn about the changes to teaching practices that result in improved student performance due to the eMINTS professional development program
- Participants will learn about how they can access the eMINTS professional development program
Outline
Content and time - brief overview of eMINTS (10 minutes), overview of changes to teaching practice and students performance (15 minutes), sharing of ways to access eMINTS professional development resources (20 minutes) Q and A (remainder)
Process - overviews will be PowerPoint presentation, sharing of ways to access eMINTS professional development resources will include providing participants with actual eMINTS professional development materials and placing them in cooperative learning groups (4 people) to experience what eMINTS teachers learn during professional development sessions. Following that experience, a brief Q and A will conclude the session.
Supporting Research
NCLB requires that states provide highly qualified teachers for their classrooms. NCLB requirements for high quality professional development are outlined at http://www.ed.gov/inits/teachers/development.html
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) studied high quality professional development at the 2003 National Leadership Institute (NLI) and created a tool kit to help states with the NCLB requirement http://www.setda.org/Toolkit2003/hqpd/ The topic is again under study at the 2004 NLI.
Presenter Background & Qualifications
I am the Director of the eMINTS National Center and have been with the program since 2000. As Director, I have provided leadership for the overall development of the eMINTS professional development program and for the implementation of the National Center serving Missouri and other states. I have made numerous conference presentations on the topic and have served as a resource person to several national organizations including SETDA.
Prerequisites
None needed.
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