ADE Professional Development Unit

1. ADE Professional Development Unit Kevin Beaumont ADE Professional Development Coordinator

2. Navigating arkansased.org There is an alphabet to click on letters to navigate: Click “P” for Professional Development Click “R” for Rules, or under “Popular Links” Click “C” for Commissioner’s Memos, or under “Popular Links”

4. New PD Rule • COM-14-067  • Current rule is in effect until June 30, 2014 • Emergency Rule was approved to go into effect July 1, 2014 • Public comment recently ended for for the pending rule to hopefully go into effect by November

5. 36 VS. 60

6. New changes • Hour requirement • “Scheduled PD” providers and content • PGP requirement (licensure rule) • Graduate work (licensure rule) • Dyslexia (Dyslexia rule)

7. PD Funding • LS-14-054 • For the 2014-15 school year and each school year thereafter, professional development funding shall be equal to an amount up to thirty-two dollars and forty cents ($32.40) multiplied by the school district’s previous school year average daily membership.  The estimated funding amount for the 2014-2015 school year is $26.67, multiplied by the school district’s previous school year average daily membership (ADM).

8. What can you afford? • ArkansasIDEAS.org • PDSAM – Professional Development Submission and Management • Educational cooperatives, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) centers, ERZ (Education Renewal Zone) sites • Moodle courses • iTunesU • ADE Professional Development Unit

9. Flexibility in PD Choices • PLCs • Book studies • Individualized PD • Meet the PGP for 18, 2 scheduled, dyslexia, specific job PD, but the rest can be flexible • Meet the definition of professional development (Section 4) and criteria or focus area (Section 8)

10. PD providers • Use the PD catalogue provided by the cooperative or STEM center and/or visit their website or ESCWorks • ERZ coordinate PD services through universities • ArkansasIDEAS.org online catalogue • PDSAM is in my unit. Click “P” on arkansased.org • Arkansas Department of Education Professional Development Unit

11. PD providers We have 15 education service cooperatives We have 12 STEM centers on university campuses We currently have 6 ERZ sites on university campuses The ADE Professional Development unit provides additional support as needed

12. ADE PD Unit • We can provide support in addition to cooperatives, STEM centers, and ERZ sites • Literacy, Math, and Science all have statewide initiatives that we train our field specialists to provide • We also build PD for ArkansasIDEAS

13. ADE PD Unit • Literacy: ELLA, ELF, CLASS, LDC • Math: CGI, ECM, MDC • Science: Picture Perfect Science, Planning for new science standards – Workshop I and II

14. What’s Hot • Dyslexia • Disciplinary Literacy • Science Standards • LDC/MDC (Literacy/Math Design Collaborative) in the ERZs

15. Dyslexia • Public comment on the rule recently ended • We have hired a ADE Dyslexia Specialist • We have produced the professional awareness piece for all educators which is housed on ArkansasIDEAS with more to come • We are currently working on the Dyslexia Resource Guide • We have provided introductory training to specialists at the cooperatives • We are working on a plan for training/certifying dyslexia specialist and therapist

16. Disciplinary Literacy • 2 pieces we are working on: • A) Hired 5 nationally renowned presenters to come into Arkansas and provide PD for our specialists. This will be recorded and made available • B) Hired 5 teachers to provide professional development to educators at each cooperative in Science, Foreign Language, PE, Social Studies, Fine Arts • More to follow

17. Science Standards • The state board voted to endorse the use of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to compile a set of Arkansas standards • This will be committee work • These standards will be based on the NGSS and A Framework for K-12 Science Education • We are working with field specialists to develop professional development for Planning for New Science Standards

18. LDC + MDC @ ERZ • The ERZ sites are coordinating professional development in the Coaching aspect of LDC/MDC to build capacity in schools • The ERZ sites are coordinating professional development to be provided by Allison Zmuda and Jay McTighe • These projects will take place this year and next

19. ERZ 2014 Dates • MDC Leadership Training – Gail Snider • May 20 – UAM – Monticello • May 21 – SAU – Magnolia • May 22 – Henderson – Arkadelphia • June 3 – UAFS – Fort Smith • June 4 – UA – Fayetteville • June 26 – ASU – Jonesboro • LDC Leadership Training – Connie Echols • May 14 – UAM – Monticello • May 15 – Henderson – Arkadelphia • June 19 – ASU – Jonesboro • July 17 - UA – Fayetteville • Not all ERZs had an available date to facilitate this training

20. ERZ Dates • Allison Zmuda • Day 1 – October 20-23, 2014 • Day 2 – March 2-5, 2015 • These dates do not have a location yet.  There will be four locations with each one being the same training. • Jay McTighe • May 5th and 6th, 2015 • No location yet on this also

21. Please contact Kevin.Beaumont@arkansas.gov 501.682.4219 Arkansased.org Click “P” Follow us on Twitter @ArkansasEd. Like us on Facebook at Arkansas Department of Education.