Participate and share: Poster 
Purpose: Professional development and job embedded PD are essential parts of educational growth. Schools and districts must know what professional development is needed to increase student achievement based on the current reality of the system. Providing this in a consistent way is a challenge for instructional leaders. The Vanguard Team in Fulton County has worked to combat this challenge for the last 10 years. Vanguard has created an organization with members at every school in our large district. Members range from teachers to district employees all with the same purpose to grow the implementation of instructional technology within their school and therefore their district. Members of the Vanguard team engage in different styles of professional development throughout the year and engage in problem solving with each other to provide schools with timely and relevant resources to solve problems using instructional technology. As Vanguards 10 year anniversary is celebrated this year, it is clear the processes and procedures are successfully building community throughout the district and the tools and resources that are brought back for the schools are meaningful and used causing a continued need and desire to further grow the work of the vanguard team.
The presentation will leverage Nearpod as a way to engage and interact with the audience to support a collaborative presentation environment.
Opening/Shared Vision (10 mins)
- Share the impact of incorporating ISTE standards in schools (will provide evidence from across Fulton County schools and the work from the Vanguard team as a way to lock in the audience with evidence based artifacts)
- Review the Vanguard team model as a groups of volunteer teacher leaders from across the district who have a common vision and mission in collaboration with the district Instructional Technology Department. This portion will include the 2022-2023 three year plan to support building capacity through a professional development and coaching model to dive deeper in to effective implementation of the ISTE standards (impact plans, needs assessment surveys, professional development/coaching, and sustainability)
- Share with attendees how they can model this process for building capacity in their schools and/or districts.
Work Session/Action (15 mins)
- Needs Assessment tied to ISTE standards (turn and talk)
- Observation Data Collection Process to support effective implementation of ISTE standards (independent review-send to website in Nearpod to explore)
- Action Plan - participants implement a plan (Interactive Planning and sharing- Draw It self-paced Nearpod and open ended spaces for planning, collaboration, and sharing in real time)
Closing/Charge (5 mins)
- allow a space for participants to share and review ideas with one another to build on the knowledge of others
- End with a wrap game activity (Time to Climb -Nearpod)
- closing remarks with opportunities to continue the conversation.
Supporting research:
Books- Handbook of professional development in education
The definitive guide to instructional coaching
Integrating educational technology into teaching
The Impact Cycle
Better Conversations
Links:
https://online.lsu.edu/newsroom/articles/how-instructional-technology-can-improve-learning-process/
https://digitalpromise.org/online-learning/digital-learning-playbook/providing-professional-development-for-teachers/
https://digitalpromise.org/online-learning/digital-learning-playbook/providing-professional-development-for-teachers/
https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedtechmagazine.com%2Fk12%2Farticle%2F2022%2F01%2Fcontinued-importance-professional-development-k-12-education&data=05%7C01%7CGreathouseC%40fultonschools.org%7C10fcafaf870048af15be08daa3b24b0b%7C0cdcb19881694b70ba9fda7e3ba700c2%7C1%7C0%7C638002283431778891%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=d8Bu%2FqmmLZVM97qLiEyMXs2pFLSnZCurKcJ%2FFng41eI%3D&reserved=0
Return
Trips and Tours