Wisconsin Personnel Development System Grant Click on the speaker to listen to each slide. You may wish to follow along in your WPDM Guide.

The WPDM Guide  Guide development funded by the Department of Education State Personnel Development Grant Funds (SPDG)  Wisconsin Personnel Development Model (WPDM)  Model designed to provide professional development activities that improve the knowledge and skills of service providers by the delivery of effective, sustained, and outcome based personnel development.  REACh Initiative supports the process as the professional development component of the REACh framework.

The REACh Vision.. to help Wisconsin schools establish and sustain the capacity to make systemic improvement needed to reduce barriers to learning and enable all students to experience success, including students with disabilities.

Expected Outcomes  Improved student achievement and reduced achievement gaps  Reduced behavior concerns/disciplinary actions  Improved referral to special education placement rates  Increased graduation rates of students with disabilities  Increased local capacity to address issues of disproportionality  Increased capacity of all educators to address the needs of students at risk for failure  Increased number of families meaningfully participating in the problem-solving process

student classrm school district community classrm school district community family Data Collection Data Analysis Implementation Planning (strategy/ indicators) Needs Identification & Prioritization Process Vision (what responsive schools look like), Context (who/where), Process (how), and Content (what components responsive schools implement). Shared Vision & Commitment Leadership & Support Environment of Collaboration Resource Mapping Data-Based Decision-Making Evidence-Based Instruction & Intervention Responding to Individual Student Needs Professional Development & Support Family & Community Involvement Student Progress Monitoring System Universal options Selected options Targeted options

REACh Framework Components  Shared vision and commitment (Prevention Focus)  Administrative leadership and support  Environment of collaboration  Resource mapping  Collaborative procedure for responding to individual needs  Evidence-based prevention and intervention  Student progress monitoring system  Data-based decision-making  Professional development and support  Family and community involvement Building Capacity Adopting processes Ensuring Sustainability Making Informed Decisions

WPDM Guide–Overview  Part 1: Strategic Overview  Part 2: What is Professional Development  Part 3: Wisconsin Personnel Development Model  Part 4: Components of the Wisconsin Model – Steps One Through Seven  Appendices Glossary Tools Rubric Wisconsin Educator Standards

Cyclical – Organized into 3 Areas  Seven Steps of professional development  Training components  Data-driven school improvement process

Wisconsin Personnel Development Model (Adapted from the Iowa Professional Development Model)

Seven Steps  Collecting and Analyzing Data  Goal Setting for Student learning  Selecting Content  Designing Action Plans for PD/Training and Learning Opportunities  Collaboration and Implementation  Ongoing Data Collection and Analysis-Formative Evaluation  Program Assessment-Summative Evaluation

Training Components  Theory  Demonstration  Practice  Feedback  In-situation Coaching

Data-Driven School Improvement Process Incorporating…  Needs identification and prioritization  Action plans consisting of strategies and indicators of progress  Implementation  Data collection and analysis

Implementation Strategies for Each Step  Overview  Guiding Principles  Strategies for Educators and Families  Ask Yourself  Example  Rate Yourself- Rubric

Overview  Research Based Information  Rationale  Characteristics of the step

Guiding Principles  Focus on Learning-Prevention & Intervention  Shared Vision and Collaborative Decision Making  Commitment to Continuous Improvement with a Results Orientation

Strategies  Educators-Implementation -Strategies for educators to consider as they implement the step Example: Members work together to clarify exactly what students must learn  Families - Involvement -Strategies for districts/schools/community agencies to use in order to involve parents in the step Example: Communicate the results of data analysis to families and encourage their questions.

Ask Yourself  Guiding questions for a leadership team to use as they collaborate, building shared knowledge and preparing to implement the step. Example: “What do the trend lines in student performance data suggest about the effectiveness of current professional development initiatives?”

Example  An example of how different schools have approached the step-bridging knowledge with application. In some cases the action planning question is used and then information is given on what the school did to address the particular step. In some cases the information focuses on what a school could do to address the step.

Rate Yourself  A rubric is provided for each step. - A district/school/community agency rates themselves on a scale of 4-1 (4 being fully implemented and 1 intensive technical assistance needed) after reviewing information listed for each rating. - Evidence is provided to support the rating

Descriptor 2: Goals and the PD Target are aligned with data. 4 Analysis includes the general population as well as findings and implications for all subgroups represented in the district. 3 Analysis includes findings and implications for some, but not all, subgroups represented in the district. 2 Analysis reported in nonspecific terms so that conclusions about needs are difficult to make. 1 There is no analysis, only scores are provided.

Additional Resources  References  Glossary  Tools and Resources  Wisconsin Educator Standards

Reflection Think about what parts of the Wisconsin Personnel Development Cycle your district is implementing!