| Existing Professional Development Model |
New Distance Learning Professional Development Model |
| Face -to-face |
Distance learning delivered |
| Inservice day (2-4 per year): 8-24 per year |
Weekly 1-1/2-2 hours per week: 64 hours per year |
| Travel to inservice site |
Delivered to teacher's classroom/site |
| In-service instructor has a limited ability to develop as a role model for the teacher |
Role model provided to teacher by distance learning instructor |
| Large inservice group |
One-to-one |
| Short demonstration |
Full step-by-step and frequent demonstration |
| Limited examples |
Variety of examples |
| Very limited hands-on |
Twice weekly hands-on |
| Support: Limited access to follow-up with inservice provider |
Support: Direct and frequent access to distance learning instructor via television, telephone, fax, computer |
| Limited opportunity to process information and apply it |
Provides opportunity to process information and apply it |
| Limited application of new information |
Immediate application of new information |
| Students are seldom included in in-service |
Provides opportunities for teachers to see students being successful; allows attitude and behavior changes related to instruction and expectations of their students. |
| Print materials limited to handouts |
Full print materials which provide theory, information, methods, and implementation for student programs |
| Instructional materials are not provided |
All instructional materials are provided |
| Use text as the primary instructional tool |
Used the text only as a resource |
| General instructions |
Content specific instructions |
| No opportunity to review |
Tape review |
| Costs: non-teaching days or substitute |
Costs: nothing additional Two for one - students and teachers |
| Instruction only for the teacher |
Simultaneous teacher training and student instruction: |
| Results: Limited |
Results: Significant change |
| Little change in teaching methods |
Significant change in teaching methods |
| Limited increase in content teaching time |
Increase in content teaching time |
| Limited gain in non-specialty content area |
Significant gain in non-specialty content area knowledge and comfort level |
| Limited gain in confidence to teach in non-specialty areas |
Significant gain in confidence to teach in non-specialty areas |
| Limited increase in use of instructional methods across the curriculum |
Uses new instructional methods across the curriculum |
| Limited increase in mentoring |
Become mentors to new instructors |
| Limited movement to higher levels of use |
Moves teachers to higher levels of use |
