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ADE Professional Development Unit Kevin Beaumont ADE Professional Development Coordinator
ADE Professional Development UnitKevin BeaumontADE Professional Development Coordinator
Navigating arkansased.orgThere is an alphabet to click on letters to navigate:Click “P” for Professional DevelopmentClick “R” for Rules, or under “Popular Links”Click “C” for Commissioner’s Memos, or under “Popular Links”
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
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New changes• Hour requirement• “Scheduled PD” providers and content• PGP requirement (licensure rule)• Graduate work (licensure rule)• Dyslexia (Dyslexia rule)
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).
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
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)
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
PD providersWe 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
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
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
What’s Hot• Dyslexia• Disciplinary Literacy• Science Standards• LDC/MDC (Literacy/Math Design Collaborative) in the ERZs
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
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
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
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
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
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
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