Flipping the Standards: Collaborative Professional Development in Digital and Media Literacy to Address Common Core State Standards in the Elementary Grades

• In Event: 33.080 - Poster Session 6
  In Poster Session: 33.080-6 - Poster Session

Abstract

Working with a group of elementary school teachers in a northeastern suburban community, three educators explored how to demonstrate the connections between the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and digital and media literacy in a semester-long professional development. This paper examines the process of collaboration as the authors experienced shifts in their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, especially toward the effective use of digital texts through focusing on the Speaking and Listening Standards. As a form of tiered professional development (TPD), each educator came to the same conclusion in different ways. This autoethnographic research opens the door for more exploration of how professional development evolves over time in the context of collaborative work that connects school and university stakeholders.

Authors

• Yonty Friesem, Central Connecticut State University

• Susan Sabella, Narragansett Elementary School

• Brien Jennings, Narragansett School System