Building Healthy Professional Development Plans that Include Webinars and Asynchronous Online Learning
1. Building Healthy Professional Development Plans that
Plans that Include Webinars and Asynchronous Online
Asynchronous Online Learning
Kara Lehnhardt, MBA
North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc.
Fran Simon, M.Ed.
Engagement Strategies
Early Childhood Investigations Webinars
2017 NAEYC Annual Conference
November 15 – 18, 2017 | Atlanta, GA
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ACTIVITY |What’s on your “PD Plate?”
Face-
to-face
Coaching Webinars
On-the-
Job
Conferences
Step 1 | Use your marker to draw out what professional
development formats you are currently utilizing.
Step 2 | Turn to a neighbor. Introduce yourself and share
“what’s currently on your plate.”
3. A little about me…
Early Care and Education
B.A. & M.Ed
Early Education
Child Care
Administrator
15 years
VP, Marketing &
Technology
Teaching
Strategies
Chief of Parent
Engagement
NACCRRA
Business
Consultant to
ECE Sector NPOs
& Companies
My personal mission is to
connect Early Education
4. A little about me…
Professional and Organizational Development
B.A. and MBA CCR&R Training
Coordinator/
Assistant
Director
Business Manager,
McCormick Center
for Early
Childhood
Leadership
Director of
Technology
Initiatives,
McCormick Center
e-Learning
Initiatives
Manager, NC
Partnership for
Children
Passionate about adult
education and
organizational leadership
6. Our Objectives Today
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• Explore the concept of balancing
modalities in professional
development
• Identify different types of online
learning, their pros and cons and
indicators of quality.
• Test ideas about how online
learning can be used to balance PD
experiences without sacrificing the
benefits of face-to-face
• Share examples of online learning
7. What’s in the fridge?
Types of e-learning offerings
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8. TASTE TEST | e-Learning Opportunities
and Challenges
Collaboration/Interaction
# of
attendees
Opportunities? Challenges?
Online
Meeting
Most interactive
Multi-way
communication
2-25
Webinar
Limited 2- way
communication Ops for
sharing
26-1,000
Webcast
1-way communication 2-
Thousands
Self-paced
e-Learning
It depends; Look for
courses that include
interaction and
engagement w/
instructor/other
participants
2-
Thousands
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9. What’s in the fridge?
Types of e-learning offerings
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• Small groups
• Allow multiway communication
• Open microphones | screen sharing |
collaboration on documents | videos
10. What’s in the fridge?
Types of e-learning offerings
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11. What’s in the fridge?
Types of e-learning offerings
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• Larger groups than online meetings.
• Limited multiway communication.
• Communication controlled by host to
manage noise and moderate flow of
information.
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The goal is to replicate the IRL
professional development experience
• polls
• questions
• webcams
• hand-raising
• back channel
• screen sharing
• drawing tools
• handouts
• show apps and websites
17. But, wait… there’s more!
• Videos
•Add links to resources
• Respond to comments
• Audience created content
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Online meetings and
video conferencing…
can replicate small
classroom or one-on-one
learning experiences, like:
• Coaching
• Mentoring
• Tutoring
19. What’s in the fridge?
Types of e-learning offerings
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Add definition here.
20. What’s in the fridge?
Types of e-learning offerings
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Add a screen shot or link to an example
webinar here.
22. When implemented
well…
e-Learning can almost
replicate conference
workshops or
classroom learning.
Otherwise…
like keynote addresses,
videos, podcasts or
lectures.
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23. What’s in the fridge?
Types of e-learning offerings
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Add definition here.
26. “… in order to make webinars work,
both those offering the webinars and
those participating need to do more
to make the experience worthwhile.”
Rachel Burstein, New America
Making the Most of Webinars
Harvard Business Review Blog
https://hbr.org/2013/03/making-the-most-of-webinars
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As a supervisor, what
you do before an
e-Learning experience
is likely to be the most
important predictor of
good outcomes.
Your Role as Sous Chef
28. Consuming a healthy PD diet means
supervisors and staff must be
intentional about what, when, where,
and how content is consumed.
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Your Role as Sous Chef
29. With your small group,
review the scenario
provided and answer the
questions regarding what
you can do before, during,
and after the PD experience
to ensure that it’s
meaningful.
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ACTIVITY |
Generating Ideas for PD Follow-up and Engagement
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What support might this
employee need ahead of
the professional
development experience to
ensure that it is
meaningful? What
expectations might you
need to communicate?
ACTIVITY |
Generating Ideas for PD Follow-up and Engagement
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Set expectations and
objectives
Review assessment
data + evaluations
Locate resources and
expertise
based on needs
Plan for the group and
individuals
BEFORE | Be Intentional
Intentional professional development for
employees requires action from supervisors.
33. What you do after PD training
counts, too.
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What do you do after professional development?
ACTIVITY |
Generating Ideas for PD Follow-up and Engagement
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Reflect
Plan to implement
Test and refine Evaluate
Discuss
+Share
Attend
Participate
Engage
Go deeper
The experience gets
deeper, repetitive,
and viral.
38. Sample Professional Development Plans
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Make sure you’re clear
on the expectations
surrounding the PD
experience.
Create follow-up
expectations that allow
the staff person to
demonstrate, share, or
apply the new
information
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ACTIVITY |Changing up your PD menu?
Face-
to-face
Coaching Webinars
On-the-
Job
Conferences
Now that you know more about e-Learning opportunities and
how they might support your overall PD goals, how might
what’s on your “PD plate” change?
Turn to a partner and share.
44. Resources
Cynthia Clay- Great Webinars
https://greatwebinars.wordpress.com/
Roger Courville, EventBuilder
Connectorship
• Improving Training Outcomes Through Blended Learning
• Use of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms
• 144 Tips on Synchronous e-Learning
• Guide To Teaching Online Courses
• Walking the Talk Online Training for Online Teaching
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46. Fran Simon
Fran.Simon@Engagestrat.com
Early Childhood Investigations Webinars
ECEwebinars.com
Early Childhood Investigations
Consultant Directory
ECEexperts.com
Engagement Strategies
EngageStrat.com
Kara Lehnhardt
klehnhardt@smartstart.org
@KaraLehnhardt
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Editor's Notes
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Kara: In our comments, we should broaden this to include e-learning generally.
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Kara: Have participants work in small groups to complete the Scenarios activity. Use the slides that follow to have them report out for steps before, during, and after the PD. Scenario at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3BMwP7C1E0NTE9qUW9qR29iUUE/view?usp=sharing
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Fran: Have groups report out on their scenarios and what they recommended doing ahead of the experience.
Then, tie to the bullets on the screen.
Fran: Have groups report out on their scenarios and what they recommended doing during the experience.
Fran: Have groups report out on their scenarios and what they recommended doing after the experience.
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Kara: Note that many states have PD plan documents for your use. (Have some samples for each row to view.) If your state doesn’t have one, check out the Individual Learning Plan from the Directors Toolbox: Inspiring Peak Performance book.