Professional Development-Situational Leadership

Phase 1 (Telling)—

I would begin by teaching the basics of the chosen technologies to be used in the classrooms (i.e. projectors, slates, PowerPoint, class websites, etc.). The sessions would be very traditionally structured. Teachers would complete exercises and assignments to get used to the technology. I would constantly be monitoring their efforts, offering feedback, and sharing advice. We would continue in this way until the teachers felt competent with the technology we were focusing on.

Phase 2 (Selling)—

In this stage, I’d have the teachers begin designing the technology to fit their own classroom needs. This will allow them to see how they can use it to benefit their own classrooms. I will supervise and offer suggestions and advice. They will set goals for using the technology in their classrooms.

Phase 3 (Participating)—

After reaching their goals for using technology in their own classes, the teachers will meet and share their successes and setbacks. They will help one another troubleshoot based on their own experience. Teachers will revise their approaches and feel confident to go back into the classrooms and try again. I will offer input in the form of monitoring the groups and answering any questions they can’t solve on their own.

Phase 4 (Delegating)—

Teachers will come back to make final presentations charting their growth from the beginning of the sessions until now. They will provide feedback on one another’s progress. I will set-up a social network (blog, ning, etc.) where the teachers will be expected to come back and report how they are continuing to use technology in their classrooms. This will be an additional place for feedback and support from one another.