Enhancing Teaching Skills: Professional Development Strategies

Explore avenues for professional development to become a better teacher, focusing on content and pedagogical knowledge, assessment strategies, and technological innovations. Learn a systematic process for improvement and practical examples for implementation. Discover group work with cases for instructional and assessment strategies, as well as integrating technological innovations for better engagement.

• Teaching skills
• Professional development
• Pedagogical knowledge
• Assessment strategies
• Technological innovations

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1. Molding and Growing: How to be a better teacher through professional development opportunities Dr. Julie Saam Associate Professor of Education FACET Class of 2006 Indiana University Kokomo

2. Professional Development

3. Avenues for Developing our Teaching Profession Reading professional journals Professional conferences within discipline Professional conferences in teaching and learning Online workshops Face-to-Face workshops Campus level/University system-wide Twitter/Blogs Listserves/Email newsletters Peer review/Coaching Analyzing assessment data

4. Developing What Parts of our Teaching Profession Content Knowledge Current vocabulary Current content Current events Pedagogical Knowledge Instructional Strategies Assessment Strategies Technological Innovations

5. Process for Improvement Identify Issue Identify resources Develop a plan Implement plan Gather data Analyze data Reach conclusion

6. For Example Identify Issue Student were not utilizing feedback to make improvements on subsequent assignments Identify resources Twitter follow with The Teaching Professor identified a blog Develop and Implement a plan Read the blog and revised suggestions to work on my classroom with my students Gather and Analyze data This does not need to be formal. Reach conclusion Are you going to keep the strategy or not?

7. Group work with Cases Instructional strategies I teach non-majors and need help connecting the students to the course content. I want to move my students beyond opinion to critical thinking. Assessment strategies My exams do not evaluate higher level thinking. I currently have one mid-term and one final exam. I am thinking about adding more tests and quizzes. Technological Innovations I would love to increase participation in online and face-to-face discussions. I have difficult material that students struggle with each year. I need a way to chunk this material in a manageable accessible format.

8. Group Work Find the statement that fits your needs In your groups, Identify where would be likely places to find resources Brainstorm possible solutions Identify one that you might like to research further Identify at least one member to share his/her plan

9. National and Local Resources Professional Organizations The Teaching Professor Campus Teaching and Learning Centers FACET events Peer Review/Coaching

10. Benefits Improved teaching Improved student learning Improved course evaluations Inclusions for annual reports Data for teaching awards