Module 3 Parts 4 & 5

•How do Professional Development Schools (PDSs) and/or PLCs create opportunities for teachers to become leaders? What examples of teacher leadership do you see in your PDS, or what do you think might emerge if your school were to become a PDS? What examples of PLCs do you see in your school or organization? Have teacher leaders emerged from these PLCs?

PDS schools offer teacher leadership through National Board Certification, networking of workshops, and other collaborative events.  Examples I see in my school include Student Teaching, workshops for content areas, and co-teaching classes.  Examples of PLCs at my school include: Positive Behavior Support systems and team meetings.  The team meetings are arranged by grade level and include the instructors for that grade.  We discuss certain students who struggle and what would be best for their learning.  We also discuss certain reward systems that would work or not work to improve and promote positive behavior. 

•Share at least one strategy you will use/are using to assess the technology needs of your context (how will you document needs, what kind of data will you use, etc.).

A strategy I would like to use to assess technology needs is determining whether or not it will benefit the learning of the classroom.  Currently, my classroom is small and unable to house a lot of technology, therefore I am unable to incorporate technological assignments.  In the future, I will have to wait and see what I have available and what is important for the learning environment.