Title-IIA-Professional Learning

Program Planning and Evaluation

Needs Assessment

You must know your needs in order to plan how to meet them. A compreshensive needs assessment is a requirement of Title II-A.

Multiple Measures of Data - This article describes four types of data and how analysis of the intersection of these data can support districts in supporting the needs of all students.
Needs Assessments for Professional Learning - This article by Joelle Killion of Learning Forward outlines why professional learning needs must be based on student learning needs.
Integrated Guidance - The comprehensive needs assessment process completed as part of the Integrated Guidance Application should be used to inform use of II-A funds.
Comprehensive Needs Assessment Tools - Find resources related to school improvement planning including the ORIS Needs Assessment Tool.

Planning

Once student learning needs are identified, a plan for educator learning needs (what educators need to know and be able to do to address student learning needs) is developed.

Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning - Standards for Professional Learning outline the characteristics of professional learning that leads to effective teaching practices, supportive leadership, and improved student results.
Increasing the Effectiveness of Professional Learning - Effective professional development depends upon the quality of planning, implementation and evaluation. Within this guide, planning, implementation and evaluation are presented in steps with research-based information and tools and worksheets that can be used to develop a professional development plan, ensure implementation, and evaluate results.
District Professional Development Planning Form - This planning form is provided as a tool for developing district professional development plans. Sections of the PD plan can be used to populate IIA applications.
Professional Learning Plans: A Workbook for States, Districts and Schools - This document developed by Learning Forward outlines the rationale and process for developing a comprehensive professional learning plan. It includes several tools that districts may find useful for data analysis and identifying prioritized needs.

Evaluation

Evaluation begins with planning. Evaluating change in educator practice and student learning can only occur if it has been carefully addressed during the planning process.

Evaluating Professional Learning: A Toolkit for Schools and Districts - This toolkit guides users through a process for developing an evaluation plan and includes activities, tools, and other resources for monitoring professional learning initiatives.
Documenting Effective Implementation of Professional Learning - This series of guiding questions is excerpted from Evaluating Professional Learning: A Toolkit for Schools and Districts.
Five Levels of Professional Development Guskey, T.R, (2000) Evaluating Professional Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press

Professional Development

The purpose of all teacher professional development is to help teachers develop and apply the knowledge and skills necessary to help students learn. The intended outcomes of teacher professional development are defined in terms of improved professional practice, but the long-term goals should always focus on improved student outcomes.

Professional Development/Learning Opportunities
Oregon Open Learning - The Oregon Open Learning Hub is Oregon's K-12 open educational resource (OER) repository.
Supporting Virtual Professional Learning - This document includes a review of lessons learned from the spring school closure offers some considerations for supporting virtual professional learning.
Educator Advancement Council (EAC) - In partnership with state and local education agency partners, professional organizations, as well as institutions of higher education, the EAC works to support educators statewide.

For more information on this topic, email Sarah Martin, Education Specialist.