3 short steps to ensure a successful year with professional development in your district.

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A 3 Step Plan to Build
Alignment of Professional
Development at the District
Level

2. Many aspects of education are being
changed across the country as schools
begin to go back for the Fall semester, so
the focus on professional development
to prepare teachers for new learning
environments is more important than
ever before.
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3. We spoke with Ari Flewelling, Tech Coach
and Staff Development Specialist at
Riverside Unified School District, to find out
how to prioritize and create a professional
development plan to create alignment at the
district level.
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1. Create synergy

5. Ari explained that the first step to creating
synergy is to think about what your needs
are from a curriculum perspective and
what you are trying to achieve
academically with the technology. Don't
start with the technology. Make sure to
have your goals in place and then you
can start to integrate technology around
the goals.
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6. The technology department is next. The tech
department is the department that will bridge the
gap between the instructional/curriculum goals and
the technology that can be used to achieve these.
The staff in the tech department are the
gatekeepers for professional development in this
day and age. The special thing about the tech
department is that they can speak both tech and
teacher which gives them the ability to make sure
the technology aligns with the curriculum and
instruction goals.
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7. 2. Unify decision making
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8. Ari suggests that when making decisions
you make sure that as you are creating
these plans, you are involving all of the
relevant stakeholders. There is more than
one group of educators who are involved in
the learning process so everyone needs to
be involved. Teachers who teach it and
special ed educators who support it.
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9. 3. Have a mix of leaders
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10. When looking for leaders, variety is
important. Look for educators who are
very interested and passionate users;
They will provide feedback from a
hands-on user perspective. Also
educators who are not as comfortable
using technology are usually a great fit
because they represent the challenges
for teachers who might not be on the
same technical knowledge level as
others.
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12. Thanks for reading!
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