PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR TEACHERS

• US 20060252022A1
• Filed: 05/08/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Douglas L. Matthews Jr
• Original Assignee: Douglas L. Matthews Jr
• Inventors: Matthews, Douglas L. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 8,116,674 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

A system and method for professional development for teachers which includes a structured framework for creating and providing online courses, qualification testing, instructional material, and mentoring teacher access, all subject specific to help teachers gain competency in their individualized teaching assignments and by extension help in the recruitment, development and retention of teachers leading to improved student achievement.

Claims

1. A professional development system for teachers, said system including a database and a plurality of subject-specific instructional materials, each of said instructional materials including a syllabus, a pacing guide, a plurality of daily instructional materials, assessments, a student activity book, a teacher version of the student activity book, and class notes.

2. A professional development system for teachers, according to claim 1, said system further including a module for managing creation of instructional materials.

3. A professional development system for teachers, according to claim 2, said system further including a module for managing inventory of instructional materials.

4. A professional development system for teachers, according to claim 3, said system further including a module for managing inventory of subject-specific instructional material supplies.

5. A professional development system for teachers, according to claim 4, said system further including a module for subject-specific mentoring teachers.

6. A professional development system for teachers, according to claim 5, said system further including a module for managing creation of instructional materials.

7. A professional development system for teachers, according to claim 6, said system further including a module for delivering subject-specific courses online.

8. A professional development system for teachers, according to claim 7, said system further including a module for testing teachers.

9. A professional development system for teachers, according to claim 8, wherein the instructional materials include encrypted data and said system further includes a decryption key for said data, said encryption key being made accessible only to authorized users.

10. A professional development method comprising steps of soliciting authors and reviewers, receiving applicant information online, generating reports to compare applicants, selecting an applicant;

and preparing draft instructional material, editing the draft instructional material, and producing a production ready version of the instructional material.

11. A professional development method according to claim 10, further comprising steps of providing detailed instructions to a selected applicant, said detailed instructions setting forth in detail requirements for materials to be created by the selected applicant.

12. A professional development method according to claim 10, further comprising steps of preparing a syllabus, pacing guide and daily lesson plans.

13. A professional development method according to claim 10, further comprising steps of providing detailed instructions to a selected applicant, said detailed instructions setting forth in detail requirements for materials to be created by the selected applicant.

14. A professional development method according to claim 10, further comprising a step of preparing a teacher version of a student activity book.

15. A professional development method according to claim 10, further comprising steps of tracking creation of instructional materials, including stage of completion

16. A professional development method according to claim 10, further comprising steps of tracking creation of instructional materials, including stage of completion, percentage completion, and time remaining for a task.

17. A professional development method according to claim 10, further comprising steps of tracking inventory of instructional materials available for shipping.

18. A professional development method according to claim 10, further comprising a step of determining if a teacher is qualified to teach a course using the instructional material.

19. A professional development method according to claim 10, further comprising steps of performing peer review of the draft instructional material, and providing feedback in a peer reviewed version of the draft instructional material.

20. A professional development method according to claim 10, further comprising steps of providing mentoring support for an end-users of the instructional materials.