Comments on: Staff Development 21st century style http://www.thethinkingstick.com/staff-development-21st-century-style/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=staff-development-21st-century-style Educator Consultant Author Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NSDC and conversations at The Thinking Stick http://www.thethinkingstick.com/staff-development-21st-century-style/#comment-818 NSDC and conversations at The Thinking Stick Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:43:46 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=41#comment-818 [...] I just finished reading “Standards For Staff Development” by the National Staff Development Council (NSDC). The last revised edition (from what I can find) was in 2001. After reading the document I went back and read David Warlick’s post OK, No More Staff Development and my own remix of that conversation. [...] [...] I just finished reading “Standards For Staff Development” by the National Staff Development Council (NSDC). The last revised edition (from what I can find) was in 2001. After reading the document I went back and read David Warlick’s post OK, No More Staff Development and my own remix of that conversation. [...]

]]> By: John Pederson http://www.thethinkingstick.com/staff-development-21st-century-style/#comment-817 John Pederson Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:57:53 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=41#comment-817 I think we've done some great collaborative work understanding the big picture. I know I've learned to see things much clearer throught the proces of mixing our thoughts together. The reason I went all "teacher" on things was based on a thread a few months ago. If teachers don't have these skills (can't meet these standards), they can't give that learning to their students. In the past, we have leaned heavily on two things... 1) teaching these information literacy skills is what happens in the library and 2) the students have technology skills. I've been guilty in the past of making these assumptions. The faster things move and change, the more urgent the call to "catch teachers up" to this new information enivronment. The most difficult part for me is the "buy-in". How do these ideas translate into action? How do we move big "institutions" with all of their complications? This is where I believe we bump into the elephant in the corner of the room. We have a system in place that was designed for a completely different world than we live in today. I'm frustrated "bailing out" of the thinking on that note, but that's the sticking point for me right now. I think we’ve done some great collaborative work understanding the big picture. I know I’ve learned to see things much clearer throught the proces of mixing our thoughts together.

The reason I went all “teacher” on things was based on a thread a few months ago. If teachers don’t have these skills (can’t meet these standards), they can’t give that learning to their students. In the past, we have leaned heavily on two things… 1) teaching these information literacy skills is what happens in the library and 2) the students have technology skills. I’ve been guilty in the past of making these assumptions. The faster things move and change, the more urgent the call to “catch teachers up” to this new information enivronment.

The most difficult part for me is the “buy-in”. How do these ideas translate into action? How do we move big “institutions” with all of their complications? This is where I believe we bump into the elephant in the corner of the room. We have a system in place that was designed for a completely different world than we live in today. I’m frustrated “bailing out” of the thinking on that note, but that’s the sticking point for me right now.

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