The Value of Staff Development
After reading this article from the School Library Journal http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA254380.html here are few more suggestions.
MORE...Ways to encourage staff development:
1. Put yourself out there: share something that you know how to do. Last year I sent out an email inviting teachers to think about creating a Web Quest for their next unit. I had about 10 teachers respond. Once they got the hang of working in wikispaces they were off and running. Sometimes teachers asked for help, but in general they just needed to basics and they were creating great Web Quests. Have a look at this webquest created by our global issues teacher: http://theplasticwaterbottle.wikispaces.com/
2. Start something NEW: We started a group (very loose) called Cherry Pickers. The name is just the idea that we pick a gem (cherry) to share with teachers. This group asks teachers what they want to learn and would periodically provide informal PD after school or in the mornings. It would be a quick 30-40 minutes of introducing something like wordlehttp://www.wordle.net/ , voicethreads http://voicethread.com/, or just some time to explore a web 2.0 cool tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Research+Tools
3. Ask your principal or curriculum coordinator if you can do a short PD on the library catalog at a faculty meeting. We have Follett Destiny but very few teachers have any expertise in using this great and powerful tool. Once teachers get a taste of Destiny, they come back asking for more and they bring their students.
4. Invite teachers to start their own blog. Next invite them to use this format with their students to share, organize, and reflect on work. Eventually this may become your electronic portfolio. I use blogger www.blogger.com
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