As an official theme leader, we'll be sharing free and discounted resources related to the theme throughout October and taking part in a variety of discussions
about effective professional development and learning for educators.
On Friday 21st March our CEO, David Weston, spoke at the United Learning conference
about effective professional development.
The emerging consensus
about effective professional development suggests that teachers need opportunities to work with colleagues who face similar challenges, including other teachers from their schools and those who have similar teaching assignments.
Updated earlier this year, this summary of dozens of research studies was created to help graduate students, education scholars, professional development leaders, practitioners, and facilitators navigate the landscape of scholarship
about effective professional development activities, policies, and structures that contribute to a system of professional learning.
a half - termly newsletter packed with advice and research
about effective professional development
Read the professional development section on the Center's Cooking with California Food in K - 12Schools downloadable book to learn more
about effective professional development for nutrition services staff.
The leadership, absolutely, has to create a culture that encourages people to [look to] research, they have to set out processes by which all this work can inform the school agenda, they have to know
about effective professional development, they have to have the guts, to be honest, to stop things that are not working.
Read the professional development section on the Center's Cooking with California Food in K - 12Schools downloadable book to learn more
about effective professional development for nutrition services staff.
Not exact matches
It first provides an overview of what we have learned as a field,
about effective professional -
development programs and their impact on teacher learning.
«Little is known
about whether (
professional development) can have a positive impact on achievement when a program is delivered across a range of typical settings and when its delivery depends on multiple trainers,» conclude Wayne and co. «Despite a consensus in the literature on the features of
effective (
professional development), there is limited evidence on the specific features that make a difference for achievement.»
Effective professional development or training is
about skillful teaching, but it's also
about the clever use of new technologies, says Marc Ratcliffe.
Successful strategies to monitor the level of meaningful student work include using LLBWA, systematic walk - throughs,
effective teacher conferencing, thoughtful
professional development, and interviewing students
about their work.
Strangely, education leaders speak
about «
effective professional development» in the same way that foreign policy experts speak of Middle East peace: everyone says it's essential, but no one seems to believe it can work!
What content (i.e., knowledge
about readers, text, tasks, and contexts) and sequencing of content are present in
effective professional development programs?
Does the school employ
effective strategies such as providing all teachers with
professional development about the unique needs and strengths of LM students, implements strategies that provide students with access to multi or bilingual support as needed in core content classes, and including LM students in all aspects of the academic and social life of the school?
Now that we have evidence attesting to the enormous contributions of the most
effective educators, if we are truly serious
about improving student learning and closing the achievement gap, we must think anew
about teacher recruitment, placement, evaluation,
professional development, retention, and separation.
Introductory remarks: Stephanie Hirsh, Executive Director, Learning Forward Presentation of findings: Linda Darling - Hammond, President, Learning Policy Institute Madelyn Gardner, Research and Policy Associate, Learning Policy Institute Maria E. Hyler, Deputy Director, Washington DC office and Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute Panel: What does the research say
about elements of
effective professional development?
Collaboration is critical to
effective professional development; there may be racial tensions among teachers that no one wants to talk
about.
Since we lack a plethora of content to distribute, we need to think
about ways to create an
effective professional development program for online teachers.
If you have any questions
about Effective Schools Products, this website, or our
professional development training programs and products, please contact us.
Although the series is now over a decade old, many recommendations are still relevant today, such as providing
effective professional development, professionalizing teaching, fostering bipartisanship, and dispelling myths
about urban districts.
Although the series is now over a decade old, many of the recommendations made by the task forces are still relevant today, such as providing
effective professional development for teachers and principals, professionalizing teaching, political and policy challenges like bipartisanship, and dispelling myths
about the challenges of leading urban districts.
This study is investigating the conditions of
effective video - based math
professional development and the use of an observational instrument as a common language for teachers to use to talk
about their practice....
For our part of this shift, it's
about what one needs to know and do in order to be a great teacher leader, and it's
about making
professional development most
effective.
Teachers at both schools receive extensive
professional development about creating inclusive communities, achieving
effective adult collaboration, coteaching, differentiating curriculum, and providing adaptations to the general education curriculum.
As such, we must think creatively
about how to deliver
professional development in the most
effective way.
The Instructional Coach will focus on individual and group
professional development that will expand and refine the understanding
about researched - based
effective instruction.
We'd like to hear
about what makes for
effective professional development.
Last weekend, I was inspired and invigorated by watching my brothers take seriously the
professional development in teaching best practices, learn
about Restorative Justice and
effective discipline, and unpack reading strategies to ensure 2 + years of student growth.
Some experimental studies have found positive effects of specific
professional development programs on leadership practice — or an association between particular types of
professional development and improved student performance, school climate, teacher collaboration, or principal retention — but there is little expert consensus
about the most
effective design for
professional development programs.
Title II was carefully written to encourage districts to use
effective strategies, drawing on some of the best current research
about the kinds of preparation and
professional development that are most
effective for improving teaching and school leadership.
DEC member Sean McGeeney talks
about the importance of having
effective professional development opportunities for teachers.
To increase the effectiveness of job - embedded
professional learning led at the district level, district facilitators attended a four - day Communities of Practice training focused on providing the
professional development providers with what the research states
about effective PD as well as protocols and structures to optimize adult learning in the
professional development they are providing.
Theme 3: Equipping
effective teachers for the 21st Century This document initiates a discussion
about teachers and their
professional development; specifically what forms have the best impact and how systems can respond to the
professional development needs of teachers in the face of 21st Century education.
Rather than simply talking
about effective teaching strategies, share course design and delivery best practices by modeling those practices in the
professional development course.
Join Renee Pryor to glean lessons learned in a small, rural school district
about the power of elevating teacher leaders to develop, design, and deliver
effective professional development relevant to specific needs of all students and teachers.
You must have a great an answer — because your elevator speech strategy is critical to
effective professional networking, niche marketing, brand
development, and even your social media strategy — but have you ever really thought
about it?
Posts provides insights and analysis of recent
developments in appraisal rights litigation, educating
professional investors
about an underutilized but highly
effective mechanism to increase their returns in M&A deals.
We discussed the genesis of LawVision Group, the levels at which business
development coaching and training are most
effective, what a
professional should look for in a business
development coach, the most common rainmaker traits, and general misconceptions
about rainmakers.
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Deb Mountjoy: Shared
professional development opportunities has led to our Counsellor / Advocates understanding more
about L17s, intensive case management, court support and the refuge and our case managers have broadened their understanding of therapeutic trauma - informed practice, which has led to more
effective responses.
While this may vary from state to state, the importance of
professional development in both counseling and education is imperative to keep with current trends, new research for
effective practice, and learning
about new and successful techniques.
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