A Whole New World: Personalized Teacher Development Shining, shimmering, splendid...not words teachers traditionally associated with required summer PD. Yet, summer 2020 in CCPS proved that a new design and delivery model brings PD luster even in unprecedented times. May 2020 -- we faced a heavy PD lift. Teachers needed training in our LMS. They needed to learn new digital applications, and all 4,400 teachers needed a districtwide vision of excellence in virtual pedagogy. Personalizing offerings began with creating ‘personas’ (Mr. Freddie AintReady, Ms. Clementine GonnaBeFine, and Mr. Jonas Iownthis). Teachers selected their ‘best match’ and from there a customized PD playlist of topics under 6 themes (ex. Effective Online Communication) was generated. Flexible offerings (day&amp;eve) all had video ‘content trailers,’ facilitated rich discussion, and exit tickets. Our teachers were the students in this innovation, their exit tickets prove amazing growth, and their overwhelmingly positive feedback shared the wins.

<strong>Contact: </strong>

Ernest Longworth, Director of Innovative Instruction

<a href="mailto:ernest_longworth@ccpsnet.net">ernest_longworth@ccpsnet.net</a>

804-639-8914