Teachers' technology professional development: Lessons learned from exemplary schools

Authors

Lynne Schrum, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Barbara B. Levin

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

TechTrends

ISSN

8756-3894

Publication Date

1-10-2013

Keywords

Professional Development, Technology Integration, Distributed Leadership, Teacher Leadership

Abstract

This article presents lessons learned about successful professional development for promoting technology integration from eight exemplary schools. Through a qualitative investigation into school leaders’ and teachers’ intentional goals of improving student engagement and achievement, formal, informal, and individual opportunities are described from these schools. The data led to a deep understanding of the ways these schools implemented PD; in most schools purposeful reconfiguration of the entire curriculum was a corollary to the professional development. We found that the most effective models incorporated district wide, school based, formal and informal opportunities that accommodated preferences in both learning and delivery models.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-012-0629-6

Volume

57

Issue

1

NSUWorks Citation

Schrum, Lynne and Levin, Barbara B., "Teachers' technology professional development: Lessons learned from exemplary schools" (2013). Faculty Articles. 193.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_facarticles/193