Effective Practices in Teacher PD
Fred Martin ([email protected])
UMass Lowell
Motivations
• I like teaching
• Build awareness of my university
• Develop relationships with future research
partners
• Robots/computer science/etc. is fun
Stipends and Reg Fees
• $25/day registration
• Equipment grants (competitive)
• Stipends for research participation
Duration
• Saturday 1/2 day
• Summer 2- to 4-day
• Fri+Sat
• In-service 2.5 hrs
Format
• hands-on
• research talks
• instruction (short bursts; focused)
• networking time
Annual Robotics Workshops
• Fall “Introduction to Classroom Robotics”
• December: grant apps due
• January: grants awarded + 2nd workshop
• March/April : contest/exhibition
Involve students
Let teachers learn, play, talk (and feed them)
Great for your students too
Design an event that you’d want to go to
PD is a long term process