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Research Question: How do educators perceive the value of professional…
Research Question
: How do educators perceive the value of professional development?
Best/ Positive PD Qualities
Staff Input
“the importance of what areas their staff want PD to see the areas in which their staff wants to grow” Fabian
“I wish the administration would ask for teacher input before outlining PD for the entire year.” Anfinson
“I wish my district listened to teachers more when planning PD because a lot of the time, the PD topic is not applicable to me.” Anfinson
In-person
“I really enjoy being in person with my grade level team.” Anfinson
“more beneficial to have it in person so if I had a question, it would be easier to ask.” Fabian
“be ok with it on Zoom watching it with our grade level teams” Fabian
“I think it would be helpful if the format was in person with our grade level teams at our home building” Fabian
Grade Level/Content Area Specific
“benefit from a smaller setting with our grade level.” Fabian
“Just discussing with other teachers in your content area and maybe creating one as a whole group. Something that you could actually take away and use immediately.” Moser
“I want a lot of examples of how I can use it in my area.” Moser
“ It would be nice to like, have group work with others that teach the same content and then you create it and then, just to get feedback.” Moser
“just content based- what types of things can I include in my content.” Moser
“When it was actually content based and we walked through the curriculum and I was able to actually ask questions on how to do things that was way better.“ Moser
“I think it would be helpful if the format was in person with our grade level teams at our home building” Fabian
Beneficial
“new teacher meetings. Those were kind of helpful.” Moser
“RTI one, that one was beneficial. I actually liked that one a lot. It made me understand about the actual RTI program.” Moser
“I have used much of what was discussed in my own teaching practices and it has changed the way I view behaviors. Overall, it has been the most switching to my own teaching and beneficial.” Fabian
Inspired Changed Teaching
“some have shifted the way that I have taught” Fabian
“So, if the PDs are beneficial to my growth as an educator those have been useful and beneficial.” Fabian
“I have used much of what was discussed in my own teaching practices and it has changed the way I view behaviors. Overall, it has been the most switching to my own teaching and beneficial. “ Fabian
“more valuable because I needed to know it and I actually ended up using it.” Moser
Active/ Hands-on/ Fun
“new things to implement in my classroom that would be fun to actually try and engaging for my students.” Moser
“I usually like the ones where we do things--I like having to do it. I don’t want them to just tell me about something. I need to do it for it to actually stick in my brain.” Moser
Least Effective PD Qualities
Doesn't Help Improve Teaching Practice
“ it doesn’t actually help my teaching improve.” Moser
“There’s been a lot where I’ve felt like this isn’t very helpful.” Moser
“I wish more were something more beneficial to me.” Moser
“several that I have felt have been less than applicable to my teaching.” Anfinson
Too Generic
“ it’s too generic. And then it doesn’t really apply.” Moser
“There’s been a lot where I’ve felt like this isn’t very helpful.” Moser
Percieved Waste of Time
“well some are helpful, some are not applicable.”
“It wasn;t very valuable for the elementary staff, because we already have PLCs established.” Anfinson
“there’s no new information” Fabian
“I wish my district listened to teachers more when planning PD because a lot of the time, the PD topic is not applicable to me.” Anfinson
“the less valuable PDs are less valuable because they either don’t apply to the teacher” Fabian
“I already knew the correct mathematics teaching practices. I felt as though it was a waste of time and remember leaving the PD and so did other teachers.” Fabian
“PD just repeated what we learned from college” Fabian
“I gained no new information” Fabian
No Obvious Goal/ Purpose
“make sure they state the purpose of the specific PD. Without knowing the purpose, sometimes it can feel like a waste and have little application to my daily teaching.” Anfinson
“ they don’t explain how it could be realistic and used within the classroom.” Fabian
“I never know what I am walking into” Fabian
“I could’ve used that time to grade or plan or something.” Moser
Unrealistic
“that does not apply to what we are teaching or is not helpful in teaching us how to implement within our own classroom.” Fabian
“they don’t explain how it could be realistic and used within the classroom.” Fabian
Issues Important to Teachers
Student Relationships
“helping all students feel like they have a purpose. Most of my students go home to challenging homes, and I want to make a difference in each of their lives. I want all students to be able to reach their dreams.” Anfinson
“ I strive to build relationships with students as it makes them excited to go to school. I still have many of my students visit me year after year and I know that I have made a difference in their lives. “ Fabian
“ building rapport with students and building those lasting relationships.” Fabian
Behavior Management/ SEL
“I would seek more PD on would focus on self-regulation and behavior.“ Anfinson
“I feel that I have had several students over the last few years with significant behaviors. Knowing other tools and strategies to help students maintain and regulate their behaviors would be helpful” Anfinson
“restorative practices” Fabian
“The most valuable professional development had to be about restorative teaching practices as this was beneficial for our building.” Fabian
“kiddos that need a lot of TLCS” Fabian
“I have used much of what was discussed in my own teaching practices and it has changed the way I view behaviors. Overall, it has been the most switching to my own teaching and beneficial.” Fabian
Helping Struggling Students
“Helping struggling kids and those with an IEP. It would help you plan how to help them from getting so behind.” Moser
“helping students that have a hard time. When you see that lightbulb go off. I really like helping those students that struggle and getting them to catch up.” Moser