Keynote from Janet Carlson, Executive Director CSET https://cset.stanford.edu/people/faculty re role of SSTI and CSET mission.

What counts in professional development:

• can apply and implement
• has an immediate and long-term application
• practical and applicable.
  
• quality and based on research
  
• recent teacher practice
  
• reflective aspect.
  
• organisation has follow-through
  
• driven by a visions
  
• helps teachers develop skills and knowledge
  
• mirrors methods an practice it espouses
  
• builds a learning community
  
• develops teacher leadership
  
• links into the system
  

How can PD remain relevant as more options become available online.

TRANSFORMATIVE PD

• Cognitive Dissonance
  
• provide opportunities to resolve dissonance
  
• connect the above to students
  
• develop repertoire of new practices
  
• Support for cycling though the above