Big question alert: In about ten days I get to be part of a focus group in my district to give input on the vision for 2030.
What do you think I should be asking my district to work toward? What should school look like in 2030?
We are already 1:1 with chromebooks, but I see great needs in tech PD for teachers, equity based grading practices, adulting skills, more parents on campus again...
Open to other thoughts or suggestions...
@edutooters @JenRoberts Parent engagement, Teacher PD, Taking advantage of expertise already working in your district instead of hiring expensive outside consultants, inclusion/acceptance. #edutooters #education #edtech
@JenRoberts Why do you suppose so many teachers (K-12) don’t want to attend PD outside of school hours? I remember having a teacher come to me in a panic because her certification was up for renewal and she was 2 CEUs short…cause she only did the mandatory in-school PD and never used her own time.
@AlliFlowers I think most teachers use a lot of their own time, just to get the basics of their job done. I'm working on doing less of that, but I get way behind if I don't work at least an hour each evening and a few hours on the weekend.
You can't ensure all teachers get the training they need to teach with new tech unless you make it part of their job to learn, and that means making it part of their contracted time.
My district used to have 4 paid PD days, but they dropped those years ago.
@JenRoberts We still have a few days in the summer when PD is readily available, and usually costs nothing. How do we get teachers to take advantage of what’s available?
@AlliFlowers
Pay them for their time. Provide child care. My district only pays workshop rate for PD outside of contract hours. The workshop rate is less than what a babysitter charges.
@AlliFlowers Yes, parent engagement fell way off when we were not allowed to have non-district folks on campus during the pandemic. The culture of welcoming parents needs to be rebuilt. The biggest challenge we have with PD is very little time exists for it in the contracted time and there is a shortage of subs too. All that needs to shift.