change a teacher, suggestions for change...

Hello,

Suggesting changes/activities for teachers was in fact a difficult task. The suggestions that the CBAM article offered to help teachers move up to the next level respectively were a few professional development activities such as peer monitoring and workshops. These are great suggestions but are limited in scope. I do realize that the suggestions were given to be general due to the nature of the topic and not knowing how each will use the writing. However, I would love to design some pro-d days that meet the typical inquiries and concerns of teachers in incorporating resource references into lessons. From my interviewing of teachers for this assignment I discovered that the teachers I talked to barely attended pro-d events during the school year. They did not want to appear arrogant but felt that pro-d activities could not benefit them due to not covering their particular subject matter or because the pro-d activities were too simplistic or obvious in content. I realised before this assignment that pro-d days attracted thousands of teachers and now realise that there is a big opportunity to design activities to benefit those interested in utilising library resources. Yes, many teachers use the library but I feel there are several that do not. This trend of teachers overlooking the resources of their school libraries deserves some recognition and needs to be changed. In the future I will begin to design pro-d activities in a captivating way to interest those teachers not taking advantage of the libraries resources.

Thanks.
-Regen