I’m sure the last thing a teacher is thinking about right now is summer professional development, but! Melinda Miller is an amazing principal that I get to call friend, conference roomie, and creative collaborator! We’ve teamed up this week to bring our campuses a fun opportunity for summer professional development This is obviously not required, but some fun alternatives and for my Wolves, a chance to “win” a free day off in the fall for every bingo they complete. I’ve also offered a free PD book of their choice for each bingo! The activities are easy, and hopefully, something they can use to grow and stretch over the summer. The effectiveness of professional development depends on how carefully educators think, plan out, and implement what they are learning. These choices support not only our campus learning initiatives but also support our state evaluation system which asks each year for teachers to develop a professional growth plan. These are launching points for each teacher for their self assessment that we do in August.
I want our school to be a place where both adults and students learn. Staff who routinely develop their own knowledge and skills model for students that learning is important and useful. Their ongoing development creates a culture of learning throughout the school and supports our efforts to engage students in learning. A school that prioritizes staff development demonstrates that it is serious about all educators performing at higher levels. As a result, the entire school is more focused and effective. These activities are more FUN than what we typically see in a PD setting, but this is also a GREAT time of year for teachers to remember that learning can (and should) be fun!
My teachers are done as of a half day tomorrow, so I hope they use some of these squares to connect with me over the summer, my halls are so lonely without them!
Summer planN,
Amber
Pam says
May 25, 2017 at 5:28 pmWhat a great idea! Really like it. Anxious to see the August blog about how it goes.
Tom King says
May 26, 2017 at 6:53 amLoved your blog….we must press ever on! I worked with a German teacher who once told me, “I cannot yet retire, because I do not yet have it perfect.” Perfect is in the eyes of our young beholders, but it’s a goal for each of us.
Cheers and have a great, productive summer!
Tom King
Teresa says
May 26, 2017 at 8:36 amAmber, thanks for sharing your great ideas! I love getting inspired! Can you tell me what this square means: “1st IFD”? Thank you!
adteaman says
May 26, 2017 at 8:44 amHi TL! In Wylie ISD we use an “instructional focus document” as their curriculum guide, 🙂
Teresa says
May 26, 2017 at 9:01 amOk, thank you! I appreciate this resource!
Helen Wilt says
May 27, 2017 at 1:29 pmLove this! Thanks for sharing!
Susan Hitt says
June 5, 2017 at 11:17 amI love this idea! I would love to create one similar to use with the high school English teachers I work with. Would you mind if I created something similar to share with a few of the boxes changed?
adteaman says
June 5, 2017 at 11:25 amOf course you can! 🙂
Susan says
June 6, 2017 at 12:54 pmThank you!!!
polly Farrington says
June 6, 2017 at 7:24 pmSuch a fun idea. Thank you for sharing and giving permission for others to use your idea. 🙂
Janelle says
June 6, 2017 at 5:41 pmThank you so much for sharing! I would like to work on something similar out here for my school district in California!
Lashunda says
May 3, 2018 at 10:14 amThis looks like so much fun. I would like to learn more about your PD Bingo and how to implement it over the summer with learning sessions.
Amy Moffatt says
May 22, 2019 at 6:21 amLove this Amber! Can you tell me how the teachers win a day off? Like a comp day for PD?
Thanks!
adteaman says
May 30, 2019 at 3:48 pmHey Amy! Yes! I use our sub budget to allow them time to plan or clean or whatever they need to do!