Hi all,
I wanted to share a post from a discussion this week in the LINCS Evidence-Based Professional Development group, What's Happening in State PD? Tonya Creamer from South Carolina poses several questions that I hope members of this group could respond to. Thanks!
Gail Cope, LINCS Program Management Group
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January 29, 2015
Dear Colleagues,
In the webinar the other day, I realized that I really needed ideas from states that are structured like my own. I'm looking for ideas about how other Adult Ed State offices that are under the K-12 umbrella (as opposed to DOL, Tech/Community Colleges, etc.) model their PD. We are considering a major restructuring of our system, and I would LOVE your help!! In other words, how do you facilitate, plan, and structure the use of your leadership funds. For example, do you contract this out? Do you have a grant competition? If either of those, how do you control the quality and ensure the PD is in alignment with the state and federal regulations. If you handle it in-house, how do you do that? How many other state staff do you have dedicated to Adult Ed? How many SME contracts do you have? Are they with individuals or consulting firms? If you also use state funding to support PD, is that structured the same way?
Your examples / models / narratives / diagrams / flow charts / smoke signals, etc. would be most appreciated!!
Thanks in advance!
Tonya Creamer
Education Associate
Office of Adult Education
South Carolina Department of Education