At a Glance Working with the Bureau of Special Education (BSE) and Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) provides a full array of professional development and technical assistance targeted to improving student results. This professional development and technical assistance takes many forms in order to meet the varied needs … Continue reading Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN): Customized Professional Development and Technical Assistance
Category: Administrator Leadership
Franklin County Career and Technology Center: Individualized Professional Development for Career and Technical Education Instructors
Posted on Categories Professional DevelopmentAt a Glance The leadership team at Franklin County Career and Technology Center in partnership with education consultant Daniel M. Perna, Ed. D., have created and implemented an individualized program for educator professional learning. The first two years of the program have yielded positive results and a positive shift in educators’ perceptions of professional development. … Continue reading Franklin County Career and Technology Center: Individualized Professional Development for Career and Technical Education Instructors
Franklin County Career and Technology Center: Using Task Tracking to Determine Learning Gaps
Posted on Categories Curriculum PlanningAt a Glance The Franklin County Career and Technology Center recognized that the COVID-19 Pandemic may have resulted in a gap in learning for students from the onset in 2020 up to and including the 2023 school year. Therefore, the leadership team began to discuss learning gaps with teachers and staff as early fall of … Continue reading Franklin County Career and Technology Center: Using Task Tracking to Determine Learning Gaps
Upper Bucks County Technical School: Developing a UDL Micro-Credential for Career and Technical Educators
Posted on Categories Curriculum PlanningAt a Glance Dr. Michael Herrera, Executive Director of Upper Bucks County Technical School (UBCTS), led the successful implementation of a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Micro-Credential for Career and Technical Education (CTE) educators. This initiative significantly reshaped CTE education, equipping educators, many from business and industry backgrounds, to support diverse learners, including a substantial … Continue reading Upper Bucks County Technical School: Developing a UDL Micro-Credential for Career and Technical Educators
Group Action Research
Posted on Categories Misc. Lesson Plans & Ideas, Professional DevelopmentAt a Glance Instructors at Berks Career and Technology Center (BCTC) collaborated to conduct a Group Action Research project that tracked the use of the flipped learning instructional strategy in their labs. Description BCTCs differentiated observation system provides instructors the option to participate in alternatives to traditional clinical observations which can last one to two … Continue reading Group Action Research
MOCTI Mock Exam to Prepare Students for the NOCTI Practical Exam
Posted on Categories NOCTI Prep, Professional DevelopmentAt a Glance At Dauphin County Technical School (DCTS) instructional coaches collaborated with CTE teachers to administer a mock NOCTI exam (MOCTI) to help students prepare for the NOCTI practical exam. Description The DCTS instructional coaches designed the MOCTI activity to better prepare students for the NOCTI exam. The experience provided teachers with insight on … Continue reading MOCTI Mock Exam to Prepare Students for the NOCTI Practical Exam
Best Practices Summit Features Peer-to-Peer Learning
Posted on Categories Professional DevelopmentAt a Glance The Best Practices Summit at Dauphin County Technical School (DCTS) is a peer-to-peer learning in-service that follows a typical conference schedule with large morning sessions and smaller afternoon break-out sessions at which professional staff members share best practices. Description The DCTS professional development committee designed the April Best Practices Summit to encourage … Continue reading Best Practices Summit Features Peer-to-Peer Learning
Encouraging Instructional Best Practices through Competitions and Games (Gamification)
Posted on Categories Academic/Technical Skill Integration, Professional DevelopmentAt a Glance The Dauphin County Technical School (DCTS) instructional coaches developed Gamification, an inter-staff competition designed to encourage teachers to implement best instructional practices. Description To encourage teachers to work with instructional coaches and to promote the use of best practices, DCTS instructional coaches implement an optional professional staff competition called Gamification. The competition … Continue reading Encouraging Instructional Best Practices through Competitions and Games (Gamification)
Differentiated and Personalized Professional Development
Posted on Categories Professional DevelopmentAt a Glance Lehigh Career & Technical Institute (LCTI) offers professional development in-services that meet the needs of its diverse staff and give teachers voice and choice in their own learning. Description LCTI developed in-service options that address the wide-range of its instructors strengths and needs to help ensure professional development is relevant and valuable … Continue reading Differentiated and Personalized Professional Development
NOCTI BINGO
Posted on Categories Academic/Technical Skill Integration, Misc. Lesson Plans & Ideas, NOCTI Prep, Professional DevelopmentAt a Glance The literacy and math coaches at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute implemented a creative, BINGO-based professional development challenge to encourage instructors to use best teaching practices while preparing students for the NOCTI tests. Description In February 2019, the LCTI instructional coach and instructional technology specialist rolled out a voluntary NOCTI BINGO challenge … Continue reading NOCTI BINGO