Educators Swap Shop

Educators “Swap Shop” 10 Points per Year 7/12 2-408-027 General Objective

The purpose of this component is to provide an opportunity for participants with job-alike responsibilities to meet on a regular basis to share ideas for the improvement of education. Upon successful completion, participants will have accumulated a selection of new ideas for use in their jobs.

Specific Objectives

Upon completion of this component, participants will be able to:

1. Present a minimum of three innovative ideas they have used in their own work setting to other workshop participants. 2. Write a brief synopsis of each idea (in #1 above) for publication in a format to be distributed district-wide. 3. List and describe a minimum of ten innovative ideas new to them for use in their work settings. 4. Discuss a procedure for implementing each of the ideas in their work settings.

Description of Activities

Activities will be conducted in a regular workshop setting held periodically (monthly, quarterly, etc.) during the school year, usually for an area of the district. A consultant will facilitate the training for each session by contacting pre-registrants prior to each session in order to coordinate a planned agenda and help arrange for needed material and equipment. After each work/sharing session, the consultant will be in charge of publishing the ideas in a newsletter or similar format and disseminating them in sufficient quantities for the appropriate constituency.

Evaluation of Participants

Evaluation of the specific objectives will be determined by the activity leader or designee through analysis of student performance data affected by training activities, portfolios maintained by the training participant, documented observation by administrators, rubrics developed for special area curriculum, teacher-provided test results/grade books, or curriculum alignment data.

Evaluation of Activity

An online evaluation for this activity will be conducted through the Santa Rosa Professional Growth System.