2007 Professional Development Plan - "Data-Driven Lesson Planning with TaskBuilderOnline"
John F. Kennedy High School - Paterson, New Jersey
Dates
Topics
Audiences
Outcome(s)
Responsible
Follow-Up

January

Wed - 10

• Instructional improvement
• Classroom, HSPA assessment data trends
• Research-based teaching and technology strategies
• TaskBuilderOnline and eLearningTeacher

• 30 Cohort I teachers

• Skills for using TaskBuilderOnline and eLearningTeacher
• One data-driven standards-based lesson plan ready for classroom teaching

 Facilitator: LearningFront
Monitor:
Instructional Management Team and Professional Development Team
 • Teachers teach, score, and analyze the results of the first data-driven lesson
• Teachers interact online with coaches and post lesson on school web site

February

Tue - 6

• Instructional improvement
• Classroom, HSPA assessment data trends
• Research-based teaching and technology strategies
• TaskBuilderOnline and eLearningTeacher

 • 30 Cohort II teachers
• Instructional Management Team		 • Skills for using TaskBuilderOnline and eLearningTeacher
• One data-driven standards-based lesson plan ready for classroom teaching
 Facilitator: LearningFront
Monitor:
Instructional Management Team and Professional Development Team
 • Teachers teach, score, and analyze the results of one data-driven lesson
• Teachers interact online with coaches and post lesson on school web site

April

Tue - 24

 • Instructional improvement
• Classroom, HSPA assessment data trends
• Research-based teaching and technology strategies
• TaskBuilderOnline and eLearningTeacher

• 30 Cohort III teachers

 • Skills for using TaskBuilderOnline and eLearningTeacher
• One data-driven standards-based lesson plan ready for classroom teaching
 Facilitator: LearningFront
Monitor:
Instructional Management Team and Professional Development Team
 • Teachers teach, score, and analyze the results of one data-driven lesson
• Teachers interact online with coaches and post lessons on school web site
May
 • School prototype standards-based lessons and results for academic and career and technology areas
 • All teachers
• All instructional support staff
• Each Cohort I-III teacher trains one additional teacher in data-driven lessons
 Facilitator: LearningFront
Monitor:
Instructional Management Team and Professional Development Team

• Teachers organize best lessons as prototypes for improvement
Note:  Our professional development plan is aligned with the professional development days in the Paterson Public Schools Calendar for the 2006-2007 school year.  Moreover, the use of TaskBuilderOnline and eLearningTeacher supports sustained and on-going professional development with face-to-face and online coaching.