Building a Professional
Development System: Integrating Policies, Standards
and Technology
The objectives of
this preconference session are:
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To promote AALPD
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To share AALPD's vision for building
a PD system
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To strategically plan AALPD's professional
development towards that vision
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Communicate the importance of policies,
standards and technology in bulding a system for
professional development.
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To apply the standards within our
own PD work
Description: Participants will
expand on a shared vision for AALPD's role in professional
development (PD) by building on AALPD visioning discussions,
exploring Professional Development Quality Standards;
collaborating with the Adult Literacy Technology Network
(ALTN) in using technology that supports standards-based
professional development, and strategically planning
for AALPD's future in moving the vision forward.
Session Agenda
8:30 - Welcome and Introductions (Jeffrey
A. Fantine)
8:45 - National Overview of PD Initiatives
(Jackie Taylor)
9:00 - Building a PD System (Jane
Greiner and Federico
Salas-Isnardi) (Handouts)
10:00 - MORNING BREAK
10:15 - Role of PD in Standards-Based
System (Evelyn
Beaulieu) (Handouts)
11:00 - Small Group - Strategies for
Implementation of PD Standards (Andy
Nash) (Handouts)
12-1:00 - LUNCH
