11 Report on Professional Development for and Update Developed for the Providence School Board March 28, 2011 Presented by: Marco Andrade Office of Research, Planning and Accountability Sharon L. Contreras, Chief Academic Officer

B ACKGROUND Office of Professional Learning responsible for coordinating the PD offerings in PPSD PD sessions offered after school, Saturdays, and at seasonal institutes throughout the year (summer, optional days) My Learning Plan (MLP), a web-based system to manage PD offerings and teacher accounts to facilitate registration for, and tracking of, PD sessions 22 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

B ACKGROUND Focus of Report 1.Review of PD provided in consisting of: –participant end-of-session evaluations –percentage of math and science teachers who completed their required number of professional development hours. 2.Review of 2010 Summer Institute and brief update on Optional PD days 33 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

R EVIEW OF PD Math & Science PD Hours Crosstabulation completed in Mar2010 – some PD offerings still available 29.5% general education teachers at the elementary level completed (or had the potential to complete) all required math and science hours 50-62% of elementary level teachers (outside 3 rd and 4 th due to Science kits spanning 2 years) were not able to complete all required hours elementary level teachers had completed an average 83% of required hours 44 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

R EVIEW OF PD Math & Science PD Hours 52.8% middle school teachers were not going to be able to meet all required hours in math and 54.8% in science even if they were to participate in all remaining scheduled PD sessions Middle school math teachers had completed an average of 66.9% of required workshops High percentage (44.4%) of incorrect workshops taken among math teachers –teachers may have taken incorrect workshops –changed in what was required, either in terms of the required courses or changes in level or subject matter they were going to teach 55 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

R EVIEW OF PD Math & Science PD Hours Three in four (74.6%) high school math teachers were not going to complete all their required hours High school math teachers on average had taken 72.2% of their required courses 34.9% had taken an incorrect workshop Two in three high school science teachers (67.3%) did not or were not going to complete all their required hours. 66 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

R EVIEW OF PD End of Session Evals End of PD session evaluation form – 13 questions 12,859 returned, completed session evaluation forms 86% of respondents were teachers (2,903 did not respond to question 1) 65% of respondents said the info provided in PD was new to them 90%+ “agreed” or “strongly agreed” to questions Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

R EVIEW OF PD End of Session Evals 3.I learned at least one new piece of information in this session that could impact my thinking and teaching. 4.The information provided in this session is relevant to my professional practice. 5.The information presented at this workshop reflected best practice 6.The presentation was clear and easy to understand. 88 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

R EVIEW OF PD End of Session Evals 7.Information was presented in an interesting, engaging manner. 8.I am likely to implement information from this session in my professional practice. 9.Students in my building or class would likely benefit if the information from this session were implemented. 10.I would recommend this session to my colleagues. 99 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

R EVIEW OF PD End of Session Evals 25% liked the speaker best 22% liked the general info presented the best 59% said the part of the session that needed the most improvement was nothing followed by other and hands-on practice at 8% 38.5% needed practice to best apply learned knowledge and skills followed by 17% nothing and 10% additional training 10 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

PD U PDATE 2010 Summer PD Offerings & Attendance 11 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

PD U PDATE 2010 Summer PD Offerings & Attendance Currently 1,176 session offerings for the academic year 36% of PD offerings available in summer over 5 week period Most sessions over 7 fall/winter months Session offerings are added throughout the year as needed; info is subject to change 12 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

PD U PDATE 2010 Summer PD Session Eval 7,668 participants completed end-of- session surveys evaluating PD sessions offered during the summer of 2010 (July 19-August 26, 2010). Majority of respondents (n=5,742; 94.9%) identified themselves as teachers Over two thirds indicated that most of the info covered was new (n=5,234; 69.0%) However, about 1 in 3 “disagreed” or “strongly disagreed” that the session provided them with new information 90%+ “agreed” or “strongly agreed” to questions Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

PD U PDATE 2010 Summer PD Session Eval 31% liked the general info presented the best 28% liked the speaker best 49% said the part of the session that needed the most improvement was nothing followed by hands-on practice at 11% 44% needed practice to best apply learned knowledge and skills followed by 14% nothing and 13% additional training 14 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

PD U PDATE Optional PD Days DATES# offerings# participants Aug (16/offering) Oct 29811,586 (20/offering) Oct 30 (Sat.)22349 (16/offering) Jan 18611,233 (20/offering) Mar 5 (Sat.)11224 (signed-up) Mar 7 (cancelled)721,472 (signed-up) Total:2975, Office of Research, Planning and Accountability Includes teacher PD sessions, administrator trainings, and teacher assistant trainings

C ONCLUSIONS Ultimate question regarding PD is whether teachers have completed their required hours (as a precursor to correlating how this may contribute in combination with other variables into improved classroom instruction and student outcomes) PD sessions are labeled “required” but in fact are not mandatory and thus at the discretion of the teacher However in regards to professional practice, in order to appropriately instruct students using the curriculum, employ best practices and use assessment information for decision making, teachers should be using available opportunities to maintain expertise as a matter of ethical and professional responsibility. 16 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability

C ONCLUSIONS Majority of general ed math and science teachers across levels, even with the potential to accumulate more hours, would not complete their required PD hours. The numbers of participating teachers and hours completed, session offerings and enrollment increased for the 2010 Summer Institute Participant perceptions of the PD sessions show a consistency in responses. Many would like more hands- on practice to apply what is learned. 17 Office of Research, Planning and Accountability