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Eight Steps
to Highly Effective 'Next Generation' Professional Development
for Learning and Technology

-by the Indiana Department of Education

Introduction
Insights, issues, research, and processes for professional
development using 21st century tools and 21st century thinking


This web-based guide is intended to support Indiana's education leaders as they design and implement comprehensive professional development for learning technologies. It offers an introduction to the many resources behind the eight steps for 'next generation' professional development, including Web sites, scenarios, books, and articles based on comprehensive research and best practices.
The "Eight Steps" are: Step 1: Create a Shared Vision for Digital-Age Learning Step 2: Set Professional Development Goals that Build Toward the Vision Step 3: Assess the Readiness of Teachers Based on Agreed-Upon Metrics Step 4: Link 'Next Generation' Strategies to Professional Development Goals Step 5: Identify Time and Resources Available for Professional Development Step 6: Build a Professional Development Master Plan Step 7: Estabish the Conditions Essential for Teachers to Implement What They Learn Step 8: Systematically Assess and Report Progress
More information about the steps themselves is available on the "Eight Steps to Highly Effective 'Next Generation' Processional Development for Learning and Technology - Public Law 221 and Beyond" book and CD. Copies of these resources can be requested from the Indiana Department of Education at: http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/olr/eightsteps/welcome.html

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Eight Steps to Highly Effective, Next Generation Professional Development
by the Indiana Department of Education, authored by the Metiri Group