Build a Successful PD Roadmap

Read the article "How to Build a Successful PD Roadmap That Leads to Effective Interactions Between Coaches and Teachers":

https://www.teachercast.net/how-to-build-a-successful-professional-development-roadmap-that-leads-to-effective-interactions-between-coaches-and-teacher

The article begins with a familiar scenario: "It’s the middle of the school year. Your school district has a professional development day quickly approaching and someone turns to you and says, “what do you think we should do?”

• As a coach, have you had this happen to you? How do you respond when an administrator asks you to to develop a PD session to "fill an in-service day"?
• What problems result from the perception (or the reality) that PD activities are haphazardly planned to fill an in-service day?
• What specific ideas from this article can you use to ensure that teachers find PD to be meaningful and relevant to their practice?

Create a PD roadmap that includes the following components (discussed in the article):

• A needs assessment
• A reason for being
• A call to action
• A follow up action that leads to classroom instruction

Tailor your PD roadmap for your own coaching context.

• It can be targeted for a large group of teachers (full staff) or a small group (a grade level team, department team, or a PLC group).
• It can be a single session, multiple ongoing series, full day, half day, after school meeting, etc.
• It can include virtual and/or face-to-face components.

Optional (BONUS!): Create a professional development calendar for 2022-2023, if you have enough information about available days, staff professional learning needs, etc.