PD Guides

Plan your PL experience using the Design Principles to guide the PL design. The 10 Focused Questions to further help you design PL experiences that are consistent with the design principles.	Use the A-R-C Learning Model to provide a variety of learning experiences and use of the Blended PD Guide to feature different elements (e.g., synchronous/ asynchronous, online/in-person) in the learning.	Understand the efficacy of PL – whether PL has been effective and relevant. Use the LEARN Model to improve current efforts.

You may also access the following resources:
(Access to MOE Intranet and OPAL2.0 required)
1. Information Kit for PL Designer
2. Guide to Effective PD Vol 1: Workshops and Learning Programmes
3. Guide to Effective PD Vol 2: Blended PD Guide
4. Guide to Effective PD Vol 3: Networked Learning Communities
5. Guide to Effective PD Vol 4: Instructional Mentoring

1. Workshops and Learning Programmes

a. Desimone, L. M. (2009). Improving impact studies of teachers’ professional development: Toward better conceptualizations and measures. Educational Researcher, 38(3), 181-199.

b. Guskey, T. R. (2002). Professional development and teacher change. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 8(3), 381-391.

2. Blended Learning for PD

a. Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education. (2017). Emerging Design Principles for Online and Blended Teacher Professional Development in K-12 STEM Education. Waltham, MA: Education Development Center, Inc.

3. Networked Learning Communities

a. Katz, S., & Earl, L. (2010). Learning about networked learning communities. School Effectiveness and School Improvement: An International Journal of Research, Policy and Practice, 21(1), 27–51.

b. Jackson, D., & Temperley, J. (2007). From professional learning community to networked learning community. In L. Stoll & K. S. Louis (Eds.), Professional learning communities: Divergence, depth and dilemmas (pp. 45–62). Maidenhead, England: Open University Press.