Pioneering ProfessionaL Learning: a Blueprint for Designing Your Own ISTE-ISH Experience

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Pioneering ProfessionaL Learning: a Blueprint for Designing Your Own ISTE-ISH Experience

ISTE LIVE 24

Wed, June 26

Mile High Ballroom 4EF�10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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Your Guides

Brian Whitson

Jordan Caldwell

Lauren Boucher

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ISTE Standards

Our session will cover the following ISTE Standards:

For Coaches:

• Connected Learner: Pursue professional learning that deepens expertise in the ISTE Standards in order to serve as a model for educators and leaders.
• Learning Designer: Model the use of instructional design principles with educators to create effective digital learning environments.

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For Educators:

• Learner: Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global learning networks.

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Your Learning Goals

Pre-Conference Survey yielded the following results:

• Role in PD: Most of our participants are involved in planning PD.
• Innovative PD Methods: Shared interest in exploring and implementing innovative and engaging methods of delivering PD.
• Alignment with Professional Goals: The session's description and content resonate with your professional goals and responsibilities.
• Networking and Benchmarking: You want to learn from others and see how different organizations approach PD {collaborative mindset}.

ChatGPT was used to analyze trends in the Pre-Conference Survey that was emailed to everyone registered

2.5 minutes

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Your Learning Goals

Pre-Conference Survey yielded the following results:

• Focus on Engagement: How to make PD more engaging and interactive, ensuring that it captures and retains the attention of educators.
• Desire for Practical Application: Actionable insights and resources that can be implement in their own PD sessions immediately.
• Learning from Peers: Strong interest in networking and learning from the experiences of others, indicating a collaborative approach to professional growth.
• Instructional Design and Planning: Improve skills in instructional design and planning, to create more effective and well-structured PD programs.

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Your Learning Goals

• Feedback
• “🌟 Thanks for finding a way to prime us for the session and to collect our feedback now! (That's one challenge I keep wondering about when facilitating conference sessions.)”
• {ISTE Educator Standard for Analyst}

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Whose in the room?

Question: “Rate your experience with designing Professional Development (PD) / Professional Learning (PL) conferences.”

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Conferences & Human Capacity

Human Capacity-Goal 1 of the NC Digital Learning Plan

All staff have continuous access to quality professional learning that is utilized and accessed on a regular basis for continuous growth.

• By providing appropriate support through human resources and professional learning, instructional staff is better equipped to create student-centered learning environments that allow flexibility and focus on the needs of individual learners.
• By providing opportunities for leadership, staff and educators are able to grow and share professionally and have additional artifacts for leadership standards.
• The student learning experience is improved from having well trained teachers who have access to various expert personnel to support digital teaching and learning, trouble shoot, and serve as thought partners.

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What is NCBOLD?

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NCBOLD Attendee Resources

• 2023 FAQ
• 2023 Session Guide
• 2024 FAQ
• 2024 Session Guide
• NCBOLD On-Demand Library

5 minutes

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Presenter Support

Cullowhee Planning Weekend

• Agenda 2023
• Slides 2023
• Agenda 2024
• Slides 2024

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Buddy Groups/Meeting

• Feedback Template

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10 minutes

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Tips for Planning Your Conference

• Form a planning team
• Develop a timeline including the location and date of your event

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• Decide on a theme
• Connect to your school/district strategic plan, goals, and needs
• Secure a hashtag and create social media plan
• Develop a conference brand
• Recruit session presenters from both inside (and outside) of your school/district
• Call for proposals?
• Support for presenters?
• Selection of presenters?
• Publicize the conference

7 minutes

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Tips for Planning Your Conference

• Develop the schedule for your event
• Schedule strategically
• Consider providing lunch for your event
• Determine the awarding of credit/certificates of attendance

• Check the “readiness” of classrooms and spaces being used
• Does the Wifi work?
• Does the display work?
• Are the connectors for the display available?
• Arrange for extra custodians and trash cans

7 minutes

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Tips for Planning Your Conference

• Provide a map of the site and/or have signs up to direct attendees
• Plan a pre-event site visit
• Communicate parking, start and end time, any lunch plans, and conference schedule with attendees

• Plan for the “check in” of attendees and presenters
• Have individuals to help with troubleshooting (technicians, etc) on the day of the event
• Thank the presenters and host site for their help and contributions

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Your Conference Planning Toolkit

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Project Planning Template

Docs Templates:

• CFP
• Schedule
• Presenter Support
• Communications
• FAQ
• Session Guide
• Event Registration
• Playground Planning

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Need An App?

For our event we utilize the Sched App.

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Meets our needs:

• Send event notifications on the day(s) of the event
• Provide a flexible way to share live schedule changes & location updates
• Presenters share resources & communicate with attendees

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Examples: Caldwell County Schools TREK Event, NCBOLD Summer 2023

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All About Continuous Growth

Post Conference Reflection

• Analyze feedback from participants AND presenters
• Package and organize materials for future access

Changes We’ve Made

• Buddy Groups for Ambassadors
• Feedback Template for Ambassadors
• Schedule
• Food
• Smack Down
• Playgrounds
• Types of Sessions Offered
• Timing of Follow Up

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Have you planned your own conference?

Share out information about your local conference by completing THIS FORM

District Resources and Examples

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What questions might you have?

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Post Survey

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Thank you for attending!

Contact us with questions:

Brian.Whitson@dpi.nc.gov

Jordan.Caldwell@dpi.nc.gov

Lauren.Boucher@dpi.nc.gov

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