The iDiscovery Participant

The iDiscovery professional development experience is designed to be a seminar dialogue among educational professionals. Each iDiscovery workshop consists of a group of educators interacting to promote and support a specific reform-based educational program. This group of educators includes 12-20 participants and one participant/leader the Facilitator.

The role of the Participant encompasses multiple responsibilities.

Participation in a three-hour face-to-face orientation.

The Participant will complete registration materials.
The Participant will complete introductory workshop assignments.
The Participant will acknowledge an understanding of the course syllabus including important withdrawal dates and procedures.
The Participant will acknowledge the course grading rubric and learn the importance of timely, thoughtful responses to seminar topics and discussions.
The Participant will review assignments to be completed during the semester.

Within the workshop, and in response to the assignments, the Participant must function as a member of a professional learning community.

As a member of this community, the Participant thoughtfully responds to the assignments and to other participants in order to contribute to an interactive professional dialogue.
As a member of this community, the Participant responds in a timely manner multiple times throughout the window of each assignment in order to contribute to a thorough, thoughtful, focused professional dialogue.
As a member of this community, the Participant reflects on his or her own practices and uses participation in the professional dialogue to enhance/improve those practices.

Compensation for the Participant is in multiple forms.

The Participant earns two fee-waived graduate semester credits in Teacher Education (mathematics or science education) from Miami University.
The Participant gains inclusion in a professional network of teachers sharing a common goal.
Most important is the experience gained through participation in a professional dialogue among educators.

"Miami University's iDiscovery course provided a unique opportunity to conveniently communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas in a very safe environment."

iDiscovery Participant
Middle Level Teacher
Worthington City School District, Franklin County