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LIS 773-01 - School Libraries ASSIGNMENT: STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL Students will draft staff development proposals to familiarize faculty with the Standards for the 21 -Century Learner In Action. Due date Your staff development proposals are due March 18. What to do Propose staff development activities to help your instructional colleagues understand what the Standards for the 21 -Century st Learner look like in action. Revisit Standards for the 21 -Century Learner In Action with the objective of infusing the standards into instruction through collaboration with your instructional leaders and other teachers. Develop a written proposal for staff development that will help you achieve your objective. Format the written proposal for consideration by your building principal or district staff development director. Develop a separate, brief visual presentation that outlines your proposal for your peers on the other team. What I will look for This assignment requires you to integrate a great deal of information. Use whatever resources you need to complete the assignment. I will evaluate your proposal on its thoroughness, its practicality, and its adherence to the letter and spirit of the st Standards for the 21 -Century Learner In Action (SIA). Include all of the following elements in your proposal: Statement of Need Proposal Brief Support Goals Examples Activities Timeline Materials required Facilitator responsibilities Assessment Budget Conclusion References Appendix
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Your proposal will receive up to 15 points based on the following rubric:

Format 3 Exemplary Practicality Adherence to Standards In Action The proposal adheres faithfully to SIA, including skills, dispositions, responsibilities, and self-assessments as needed and appropriate. The proposal adheres competently to SIA, including skills, dispositions, responsibilities, and self-assessments as needed and appropriate. Collegiality* Fully cooperative; proactive; professional Mostly cooperative; reactive; professional Presentation Artfully organized; professional; complete Competently organized; professional; complete

All the required elements are All elements of the included, labeled, and proposal meld as cohesive artfully expressed. and workable within the time allowed.

All the required elements are Most elements of the 2 included, labeled, and proposal meld as cohesive Substantial competently expressed. and workable within the time allowed. Not all elements are included; or all elements are included but difficult to discern; or all the elements are included but expressed in a way that could mislead or confuse. Elements of the proposal combine as a reasonable plan but exhibit lapses in expected execution; and/or the plan does not meet or exceeds the time allowed.

1 Deficient

The proposal includes elements of SIA, Uncooperative; Unorganized; but inclusion of skills, dispositions, reactionary; difficult to responsibilities, and/or selfunprofessional follow; assessments is incomplete or missing in incomplete places.

Wholly lacking merit, or completely non-existent.

* To be assessed by each group member for all other members of the group, individually.

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Statement of Need The statement of need should express the motivation behind your proposing the staff development and may include references to your own evidence gathering with instructional colleagues and students; to district and/or campus initiatives, mandates, strategies, objectives, or missions; to the missions of your professional associations; and/or to the local, state, national, or international factors evident from the strategic planning process. Proposal Brief The proposal brief provides an overview of the strategies you will devise to address the needs outlined in the statement of need. Consider it an executive summary of everything detailed in the rest of the proposal. Support Provide support for your proposal in the form of outside research, visions and missions, strategic plan objectives, or your own action research data. Goals Express as outcomes the goals you hope to achieve through the staff development activities you propose. Examples Provide or describe examples of what the goal outcomes might look like if you achieve them. Activities Describe the activities that you will facilitate during your staff development to achieve the outcome goals. Timeline Provide a timeline for all stages of the staff development: data gathering (if necessary), preparing, promoting, facilitating, assessing, and reporting. Materials required List all materials that the staff development will require. Facilitator responsibilities Outline the individual responsibilities for everyone involved in the staff development, from approval through preparation and implementation. Assessment Describe how you will assess the participants in your staff development and how you and they will assess the staff development itself. Budget Provide a graphical and/or narrative budget to cover material costs as well as time costs, if appropriate. Conclusion The conclusion should reiterate the most important points of the proposal and help frame the proposal in terms that your administrator(s) will find compelling. References If you refer to research or resources in your support statement or elsewhere, provide citations here. Appendix Include here examples of any presentation or promotional materials, such as handouts from a presentation, the agenda for the staff development, an announcement about the staff development, or other materials promoting the opportunity.