Knowledge of current professional development processes can inform future professional development plans and allow for thoughtfully curated modifications to current processes.Allocate at least 3 hours in the field to support this field experience.Observe a professional learning community (PLC) meeting or another staff meeting at your field experience school. During the meeting, take note of the leadership skills present in those facilitating and the responses elicited from the audience. Following the meeting, interview your mentor teacher on the current professional development opportunities at your field experience site. Address the following in your interview:Who are some of the key professional development leaders in your school?In what ways do those leaders guide your learning?Do you believe the professional development leaders in your school meet your professional needs as a teacher of literacy?What are some principles or topics that guide professional development in your school? Are these principles or topics effective in improving teaching performance and/or students’ literacy success?Are there PLCs at your school? If so, what are the processes involved in the community? How does the community support literacy across the school?How frequently does the PLC meet? Do you like the frequency with which they meet? What are some of the topics covered at PLC meetings?In what ways have professional development and the PLC informed or shifted your teaching practice?While meeting with your mentor, obtain literacy data to use in the Topic 3 assignment. This data can be for the entire class or a small group of 3-5 students you are able to work with during future field experience hours. The small group should include students who are struggling with literacy related skills.Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.Following the observation and interview, in 250-500 words, reflect on the following:Brief summary of the leadership skills observed in the PLC and discussed in the interviewHow the school leaders, professional development opportunities, and PLCs at your field experience site support teacher growth and student success in literacy developmentAPA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
