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It’s My PD, I Can Party If I Want To

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom 2A

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Presenters

Andrea Holmes

Technology Integration Specialist

School District 189

Decreasing the digital divide is possible. As a former student and current employee of East St. Louis School District189, I am personally interested and professionally vested in making technology accessible to ALL. As a technology integration specialist, I have the pleasure of sharing technology platforms and tools with the staff and students of East St. Louis School District 189. I gladly accept my life assignment to engage, excite, and empower staff and students through the wonders and possibilities of technology, the bold T in STEM.

Jill Pisarek-Fox

Technology Integration Specialist

East St. Louis School District 189
@JillPisarek

Jill Fox is a dedicated technology integration specialist within the East St. Louis School District. Jill's journey began with 8 years of high school mathematics instruction, followed by 2 years serving as an instructional coach. Driven by her passion, enthusiasm, and extensive experience in teaching mathematics while seamlessly integrating technology, Jill seamlessly transitioned into her role as a valued member of the technology integration specialist team. In this capacity, she continues to be a catalyst for positive change, always seeking out and advocating for cutting-edge technology resources that can empower educators throughout her district.

Karmilia Prude

Technology Integration Specialist

East St. Louis School District 189

For 23 years, my passion for education has been a driving force throughout my career. During my first 15 years an elementary teacher, I had the privilege of shaping young minds and fostering a love for learning in each of my students. Transitioning into the role of a Technology Integration Specialist allowed me to combine my love for teaching with my enthusiasm for technology. One of the most rewarding aspects of my journey has been the opportunity to collaborate with fellow educators and empowerthem to embrace technology in their classrooms and enhance the learning experience for their students.

Ernest Tillman

Technology Integration Specialist

East St. Louis School District 189
@Ernest

With 17 years of education experience, I've spent 5 years as a Technology Integration Specialist and 12 as a special education teacher. In recent years, I've focused on tech integration, supporting high school teachers, and running an eSports Club. Responsibilities include managing district programs, providing ongoing training, and serving on the Data & Curriculum Team. I hold certifications as a Clear Touch trainer, Google Level 1, and Google Level 2. My expertise covers diverse professional development topics, backed by experience facilitating PDs. Additionally, my background as a special services classroom teacher enhances my qualifications for handling staff development needs effectively.

Session description

Transform your PD into an engaging, interactive experience featuring giveaways, valuable takeaways, music, entertaining games, and a fully immersive learning journey. Our participants will acquire the skills to captivate their audience, leaving them anticipating your PD sessions throughout the year and eagerly counting down the days until the next one!

Purpose & objective

The purpose of this interactive session is to share best practices and effective strategies for maximum engagement during Professional Development. These strategies transform traditional professional development sessions into engaging and exciting, educational experiences for adult learners, both certified and non-certified staff members. Participants will learn how to organize, facilitate and structure PD based on the needs of the intended audience. Attendees will also earn how to create engaging professional development and acquire useful tools to appropriately plan captivating sessions.

Objectives -
*Attendees will learn to structure PD by understanding the needs of the intended audience.

*Attendees will learn how to use a variety of edtech tools to keep participants engaged while teaching them how to use those same tools in their classrooms.

*Attendees will learn how to promote teamwork and collaboration during PD with engaging activities.

*Attendees will learn ways to connect with PD participants and form relationships while creating a safe learning space.

*Attendees will learn how to use PD participant feedback and self-reflection to improve future PD.

*Attendees will learn how to create a learning environment that motivates and engages their participants during PD sessions.

Evidence of success is highlighted below:

Photo Circle
join.photocircleapp.com/X48BJZH447
join.photocircleapp.com/YG72DHR3EE

Teacher Success Stories/Testimonials:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1zVX9deicSI4vvAUgYCX4MdhSjIfUmD1EryIBqwQ4RPlCB6oYjXBmszLMDmWfxzoC__25N_Fr

Ed Tech Resources Website: https://sites.google.com/estl189.com/techtoolsdist189/home

School District 189 Teacher Institute 2023:
https://sites.google.com/estl189.com/d189-teacher-institute-23/home

Clear Touch Nuiteq Snowflake Training at ISTE 2023
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRoMdyKL0NY5TEbkk0p78jxIDECJU6K1pfvdUXFx-keWZ3B7VOgkhscESYuL6pZc6hVwEin1EagaAl-/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000Teacher Tech Feast 2023:
https://my-product.my.canva.site/2tech-feast-2023

Slideshow from 1st Annual Teacher Tech Feast:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1il0rXI9KGuNimaUIARcCGS6wpiBlaRfL7RNmqFT0Y90/edit?usp=sharing

East St. Louis School District Facebook page
PD 2022:
https://www.facebook.com/1375086029432328/posts/pfbid0264ZneZdWuhiQVoXF5oZu2Hv73EGW7ZvrCz1MtLzYsoRCCxGY9VD8UPPiSM3CXaDXl/?mibextid=pOX3Xz

East St. Louis School District Facebook page
PD 2023:
https://www.facebook.com/100063788310674/posts/pfbid02RGwpnawozUjBNdsVHFJLqdVoRskGRfrg7JvrKeDQ7exEMRXitneYTqkb7SiZka6pl/?mibextid=pOX3Xz

Podcast & Screencastify PD:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AIzXbxamwvIpnEn2TvRrkH7WAt8spM4B?usp=sharing

Technology Award:
Illinois State Board of Education Those Who Excel Award of Excellence 2022 (Team Award)

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Outline

It’s My PD, I Can Party If I Want To - Outline
I. As part of our Neon Glow theme, we will be distributing glow sticks to all participants to help set the tone for an engaging and fun session. (5 minutes)

II. Introduce our team and give everyone the opportunity to share where they are joining us from along with a survey to find out what their thoughts are about past PD that they have attended. (20 minutes)

A. We have prepared a two-slide Jamboard presentation.

- The first slide called "Rep Your State" will allow attendees to place a pin on a map.
- We will shout out various locations around the country for attendees to celebrate and make their voices heard.

- On the second slide, called "Sunshine & Shadows", attendees will be able to share their positive and not-so-great professional development experiences.
- We will share a few of these experiences before moving on to the purpose of our training.

III. Our objective is to facilitate engaging professional development that teachers actually look forward to. (20 minutes)

A. To achieve this, we will share some of the reasons why we are so mindful and purposeful in providing PD that is both informative and enjoyable.

B. We will also discuss how we customize our PDs.

C. To make it more interesting, we will share some examples of engaging activities that we have used in past trainings.

D. We will also provide participants with a step-by-step guidebook that we created called "Facilitating Fun & Engaging PD".

IV. Closing Activities (15 minutes)
A. Q & A session

B. Prize Giveaways

C. Have attendees take photos and upload them to the Photocircle app on
the way out.

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Supporting research

Ways to create fun interactive professional development for teachers:
https://nearpod.com/blog/fun-interactive-professional-development-for-teachers/

10 Tips for Delivering Awesome Professional Development:
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/10-tips-delivering-awesome-professional-development-elena-aguilar

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Session specifications

Topic:

Instructional design & delivery

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Coaches, Curriculum/district specialists, Professional developers

Attendee devices:

Devices required

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Google Jamboard app

ISTE Standards:

For Coaches:
Change Agent

Create a shared vision and culture for using technology to learn and accelerate transformation through the coaching process.
Facilitate equitable use of digital learning tools and content that meet the needs of each learner.

For Educators:
Designer

Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative digital learning environments that engage and support learning.

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