Evaluating the Impact of PD

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Subject:[ProfessionalDevelopment] evaluating the impact of PD
From:Silja Kallenbach silja_kallenbach at worlded.org
Date: Thu Feb 9 11:50:27 EST 2006

Here are two questions that I'd be curious to know your responses to: How are you all evaluating the impact of the professional development you provide? What have you learned for these evaluations? Silja

Silja Kallenbach, Coordinator
New England Literacy Resource Center
World Education
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02201
tel. 617-482-9485
fax. 617-482-0617
email. silja_kallenbach at worlded.org
www.nelrc.org

Subject:[ProfessionalDevelopment] evaluating the impact of PD
From: Bestor, Teresa Teresa.Bestor at fldoe.org
Date: Thu Feb 9 12:47:53 EST 2006

In Florida, all participants complete a transfer of knowledge instrument after a professional development opportunity (the time after varies; usually from two to four weeks, to allow time for the information to be implemented). We get a surprising amount of information from them, and this information is tabulated, evaluated and used to make decisions about future trainings. This can be from the subject matter to the actual trainers who provided the training. Thus, we can offer topics participants find valuable, as well as trainers who are the most informative and valued, and also find out which topics not so popular and which trainers not as effective. Typically, content area information is the most valued (such as how to present GED math instruction effectively, etc).

Teresa G. Bestor
Adult Education Director
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 644
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
850-245-9906 phone
850-245-0995 fax
Teresa.Bestor at fldoe.org

Subject:[ProfessionalDevelopment] evaluating the impact of PD
From: Isserlis, Janet Janet_Isserlis at brown.edu
Date: Thu Feb 9 13:54:31 EST 2006

Teresa

Can you say more about the transfer of knowledge instrument please?

Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment] FW: Transfer-of-Learning Form
From: Bestor, Teresa Teresa.Bestor at fldoe.org
Date: Fri Feb 10 09:57:44 EST 2006

Here is an example of a transfer of knowledge document. The first is used for all sessions; the second is customized according to specific content. This was developed by Dr. Anita Moore, a facilitator for one of our RTCs.

Teresa G. Bestor
Adult Education Director
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 644
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
850-245-9906 phone
850-245-0995 fax
Teresa.Bestor at fldoe

[ProfessionalDevelopment] Discussion of State PD Systems
fantine@ohio.edu fantine at ohio.edu
Fri Feb 10 00:23:57 EST 2006

Jackie asked the question:

How are states evaluating the impact of professional development and what are they learning as they are doing this?

In Ohio, like probably most of you, we collect evaluations after every PD actvitiy. These evaluations are summarized and primarily used for improvement of the activity by each individual Resource Center. We don't really aggregate them over time and analyze them to make systemic improvement to our PD system (hopefully we'll look at doing this in the future).

Each Resource Center has an Advisory Board that evaluates the work we do and helps to guide our future PD efforts.

Each year, our State Office sends a Customer Satisfaction Survey to all programs to evaluate the Resource Center Network. To access the 2005 summary report of this, visit: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/ctae/adult/able/Other%20Reports.asp

How are other states evaluating thier PD system?

Jeff Fantine
Director, Literacy Center
College of Education
Ohio University
340 McCracken Hall
Athens, OH 45701

Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment] evaluating the impact of PD
From: Katrina Hinson khinson at future-gate.com
Date: Mon Feb 13 11:49:15 EST 2006

I think in order to evaluate the impact of professional development, you can do several things. 1

1) classroom observations - see if instructors are utilizing the practices being shared during the professional development time.
2) I also think that in order to evaluate the impact of professional development, clearly defined objectives need to be established out the beginning of the training. Adminitrations and facilitators as well as instructors need to know what the objectives are. You can't evaulate anything if you don't know what the intended purpose or outcome of the training is truly designed to be.

I think evaluations should always be used as a means to see where one's areas of opportunity are. Evaluations give us a means to see what we did well and what we need to improve upon.

Regards,

Katrina Hinson

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