Professional+Development+Steering+Committee

Steering Committee members: Mary Kinahan, Donna Sands, Sheri Bordelon, Emily Green, Gwendolyn Chestnut, Jayne Davenport, Denise Brown and Frank Binford
 * Professional Development Steering Committee Guidelines **

As a Steering Committee you are representing the interests and needs of the full faculty and will meet to review the draft of the Professional Development Mission Statement, Essential Questions, and Skills. In addition you will develop topics for focus groups. Your time frame is as follows: · Meet as a committee **Sept. 9th and 16th** · Report to the Administration on **Sept. 23rd** and · Present to full faculty **Sept. 30th**. (this will be the last formal responsibility of the steering committee) · Focus groups begin **Oct 7th**  1. Review the draft of the Professional Development Mission Statement and suggest revisions.  2. Review the essential questions suggest revisions.  3. Visit with colleagues to gather information about their interests.  4. Review focus group ideas and revise list based on faculty interest.  5. Determine the focus groups using //Guidelines for Creating Focus Group Topics.//
 * // Objectives: //**

· Each focus group topic needs to be broad enough to be of interest to either mixed disciplines and/or grade levels with a minimum of four participants and a maximum of six. · The topics for the focus groups need to lend themselves to the following components: research, data collection, analysis, reflection, and sharing results. Note: each focus group will articulate essential questions related to their topic. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Propose a //minimum// of eight and a //maximum// of ten focus groups, keeping in mind the diverse interests and need of all faculty members.
 * //Guidelines for Creating Focus Group Topics:// **

** Focus Group Guidelines  ** <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Articulate the mission and essential questions related to your topic and post on your wiki page. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Determine the scope of research and responsibility of each member of the group. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Create an estimated timeline for your project. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Report your progress after each meeting on the wiki page.

Suggested Model for proceeding: <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 1. State the Mission of your Focus Group <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 2. Develop Essential Questions to guide your research <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 3. Collect, organize and validate data about your topic. This may take many forms such as notes from other schools, student responses, testing, implementation and application of ideas. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 4. Analyze information collected. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 5. Reflect on findings and the relationship to the mission of your focus group. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 6. Present findings to the full faculty. This may take the form of a proposal or a sharing. //Support and resources are available as requested.//