Professional+Development

How do we find out what your teachers need?
 * Survey
 * Appraisals
 * School Annual Plan

What sort of PD can you offer? Do you offer? How well do you know the expertise of your teachers? How do you utilise teachers' skills? What could/should PD sessions be? How do you prioritse pd? How do you document it? How do you have teachers share back from PD opportunities?
 * Outside people--don't limit to only IB
 * People who work within the philosophy
 * Check out people for yourself--make sure they align with the PYP
 * in school pd
 * PD while planning/ article discussion--make the most of collaborative planning teams
 * ASCD.org
 * Inquiryschools.net
 * edutopia
 * leading and learning blog
 * twitter
 * be strategic about PD, check in points along the way
 * CVs
 * Observations
 * PD surveys
 * Attend collaborative planning meetings
 * make sure they are in a curriculum group that is their strength
 * attend other classes, observe, feedback/peer mentoring/co-teaching
 * Action plan/school goals/strategic planning
 * little things that come up/needs based
 * based on needs of teachers
 * visits
 * school plan
 * should have strategic intent
 * teacher's interests
 * spreadsheet
 * before going, meet as a team/staff to find out what the school wants to know
 * development of an action plan based on their experiences
 * going beyond on the 30 minutes feedback
 * looking at how the pd impacts the whole school as opposed to one person