1. Planning Summer and Ongoing Professional Development
Reflections from a 1st Year Principal
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Topic Time
Introductions 5 minutes
-Context of Wicker
Planning for PD: My Process 20 minutes
-Needs Analysis
-Goals based on needs analysis
-The design process: embedding critical
components of expectations into PD
-Visioning/Articulating this to staff
-Setting Expectations for the Year
-Teambuilding
Personal Reflections 15 minutes
-Making more time
-Continuing specific themes throughout the year /
connecting initial PD to future PD
-Building an accountability system EARLY – both
around school culture PD and cooperative learning
strategies
-REALLY sticking to initially established norms
-Vision – IT IS CRUCIAL! You need to know where
you are going before you start moving
Discussion 20 minutes
-Q & A