We position ourselves as the providers of
the best quality professional development services available.
Inevitably, this will mean that
good quality professional development will need to be sought.
The implementation of
good quality professional development will benefit teachers, school leaders and the government (as well as pupils and parents) and as such, all of the above should take responsibility for supporting its implementation and embedding a culture where it is valued and desired.
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developments, related - party transactions, executive compensation and board of director independence and
quality, among others.
The report also says that in order to provide high -
quality care, a highly qualified workforce is essential, meaning educators and staff must be
well - compensated, have affordable opportunities to access higher education, and receive appropriate ongoing support and
professional development.
In this lesson, find ways to assess these standards and run
well - oiled after - school programs through
quality - assurance assessments, data tracking, and continued
professional development.
The
professional development that it provided, while it was
good quality, cost a lot of money and it wasn't always geared to us.
Countries need to act in both the short and long term, providing policies that induce the
best individuals to enter the profession, providing the
best training in both content and pedagogy, keeping these high - qualify individuals in the system, and providing high -
quality professional development.
• Make it a «non-negotiable» • Recruit and hire teachers who buy - in from the get - go • Provide them with hands - on
professional development and plenty of examples • Share and celebrate «
best practices» • Identify teachers who do it
well and have others visit their classrooms • Give instructional teams time to collaborate and to develop
quality prompts • Stockpile successful A.R.T. plans and incorporate them into the school's curriculum map • Hire and / or bring in practicing artists to participate • And, most importantly, get excited - as though you had just seen a narwhal tusk for the first time!
Countries need to act in both the short and long term to induce the
best individuals to enter and stay in the profession, to train them in both content and pedagogy, and to provide high -
quality professional development.
The book makes three recommendations: a much smaller, selective, intellectually engaged, and
better compensated teaching force supported by technology; an open, transparent, and accountable system of preparation and
professional development that drives out inferior providers and rewards success; and increased responsibility for teacher
development in the hands of principals, who may be the strongest determinant of teacher
quality on the job.
Rather than today's system, which focuses on «input regulations» such as textbook mandates; seat time rules; cumbersome, outdated certification requirements; and
professional development units, public officials should place greater emphasis on vastly improved data systems,
better teacher evaluations, curricular
quality, and meaningful accountability.
As important as
better assessments are, they must work in tandem with high -
quality curriculum; meaningful, job - embedded
professional development; and all the other pieces that will support educators preparing to teach to these new standards.
The Programs in
Professional Education (PPE) institute, The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education, is structured to highlight the
best of what we currently know about healthy child
development and high -
quality systems, schools and classrooms of early learning, while also bringing in new thinking from other fields to provide insights that bear on the design of preK improvement and expansion.
eLearning Design and
Development, therefore, can only be perceived as a project, following all steps from design to deployment, under the supervision of the eLearning Project manager, the aim of whom is to coordinate a group of different
professional experts in order to fulfill the eLearning project's requirements, that is to deliver the eLearning course on time, at the
best possible
quality, given the available resources, and within budget.
These include reducing licensure barriers, improving the
quality of
professional development and teacher preparation, luring and retaining
good teachers by recognizing and rewarding them, and so forth.
«We could start to tackle the teacher -
quality problem not by finding more superheroes able to master a hugely demanding job, or by placing boundless faith in training and
professional development, but by rethinking the way we define the role so that more people might do it
well.
«If we want to have high
quality teachers in our schools we need to select the
best graduates for teaching courses, ensure that courses are rigorous, and give beginning teachers support and
professional development when they begin in the classroom.
«We understand that today's education and care
professionals are extremely time - poor so we've combined the
best of an exhibition with high -
quality engaging speakers and activities that we hope people will find interesting and inspiring as
well as contributing to their
professional development needs, and all for free.»
If we really cared about teacher
quality, we'd be
better off to open pathways into the profession, support teacher
professional development, and get rid of bad teachers.
It is also supported by the company Connect - i, which ensures total
quality control over the
development, as
well as full compatibility of each of the available add - ons with Opigno's core.Connect - i also offers
professional support for Opigno, available both as occasional troubleshooting, as support contracts, or as
development of additional custom features.
Gates: We don't usually talk ahead about what I think we're going to do, but I'll say this: Some of the things Vicki [Phillips] and I heard in the last 48 hours... about the difference
good -
quality [
professional development] makes, and how unbelievably time - constrained teachers are,... I think we'll probably go deeper in that.
Teachers don't get enough CPD and the Government recognises that
quality is an issue; hence the
well received Standard for Teachers»
Professional Development.
A distinguishing trait of the world's
best school systems - systems that regularly outperform the school systems in the United States - is that they «invest in high -
quality preparation, mentoring and
professional development for teachers and leaders, completely at government expense,» according to an international analysis.39 If U.S. school districts were to heed that finding, they would, for starters, provide mentoring for all novice principals for at least a year.
Leaders should also nurture different teaching models; encourage teachers to apply differentiation with flexibility, creativity, and choice; and provide teachers with high -
quality professional development as
well as time to collaborate, plan, and implement differentiation.
Teachers learn through self - directed
professional development focused on the
best practices for student - centered learning; including
quality performance assessments, authentic project based learning, and adolescent social and emotional learning.
One of the
best things we can do when designing our
professional development is to anticipate the struggle, and create some supports to help teams «muddle through» — things such as
quality models, videos of strategies in action, or ideally, coaching.
The
best part about working at the Arizona K12 Center is... the ability to deliver flawless and high -
quality professional development to a multitude of teachers.
The
best part about working at the Arizona K12 Center is... collaborating with an optimistic, driven and diverse group of
professionals to ensure Arizona's teachers are provided high -
quality professional development opportunities.
But the Obama Administration still could have required waiver states to divert federal Title II funding used for teacher
professional development from shoddy programs that do little to improve teacher performance into
better -
quality regimens.
Quality instructional leadership is a byproduct of quality professional development, as well as a comprehensive and supportive professional n
Quality instructional leadership is a byproduct of
quality professional development, as well as a comprehensive and supportive professional n
quality professional development, as
well as a comprehensive and supportive
professional network.
The
best way for the federal government to help create and maintain excellent principals is to require states and districts to provide principals with high -
quality ongoing
professional development, beginning with mentoring in the early years and lasting throughout a principal's career, and to provide funds to help states in that work.
High
quality use of iPads and their applications require time for exploration, experimentation, and practice, as
well as
professional support and
development adding another dimension to the work of teacher educators.
Examples of
professional development that have been successful at raising student achievement can help policymakers and practitioners
better understand what
quality teacher
professional learning looks like.
It is the responsibility of the school system to recruit, hire, and retain the
best personnel available, and to provide all staff with high
quality, job - embedded
professional development.
NUT Cymru secretary David Evans added that there were «significant barriers» to promoting
better collaboration between schools or
better access to
professional development «from a lack of high
quality training provision, a lack of financial resources to release teachers or workload pressures making non-classroom activity almost impossible».
These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high
quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques ·
Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards ·
Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.
The teacher -
quality shop is
well positioned to guide program - related
professional development, while the CTE office can effectively maintain administrative components like keeping the work - based learning industry - aligned.
Carry out standards for customer service;
quality improvement;
professional development; environmental, safety and infection control practices; confidentiality, corporate compliance and all other John A. Coleman policies and procedures; attend all mandatory in - services to ensure regulatory compliance and
best practices in working with students and their families
Driven by LATT's goal to improve program
quality, we will offer
professional development opportunities aligned with TXPOST standards and
best practices in afterschool and summer programming.
Professional development must support effective
qualities as
well as the needs of the learners and constraints of the school system itself.
Research shows the
professional development of staff leads to
better practice with youth, improves program
quality, and increases positive youth outcomes.
State virtual schools have been instrumental in establishing
quality standards and developing
best practices, including online teacher requirements and
professional development, and course
quality standards.
By linking our evaluations to
professional development, every employee now has access to
quality professional learning experiences aligned with their specific needs, as
well as our district's targeted goals and effectiveness standards.
When teachers have the necessary time to engage in high
quality professional learning — coupled with the supports to use that time
well — such
professional learning can result in marked improvements in student academic growth.40 This is why the National Education Association's Foundation for the Improvement of Education includes «adequate time for inquiry, reflection, and mentoring» as one of the components of high -
quality professional development.41 When teachers have time to plan, practice, collaborate, and learn, both teachers and students benefit.
A
better bet is on the people in your schools — spend the money on teachers and school leaders — excite them with opportunities and support for their innovation, inspire them with high
quality professional development programs, minimize the bureaucratic burden placed on them, reduce their class sizes, and give them time to learn and collaborate with their colleagues.
For example, in higher - performing schools with
better working conditions (e.g., more collaborative time with colleagues and opportunities for engagement in teacher - led
professional development), teachers were much more likely to assess students before and after teaching lessons, embed assessments within informal instruction, and offer more individualized instruction (Southeast Center for Teaching
Quality, n.d.).
Teachers can — and should — demand high
quality professional development and policies driven by what is
best for students.
Effective PreK - 3rd provides: High -
quality and unified learning in
well - staffed classrooms;
well - prepared teachers and aides to educate children in the 3 - 8 age range; supportive school district policies; strong principal leadership that includes supporting
professional development time for teachers to plan for effective coordination across and between grades; and includes families and communities that share accountability with PreK - 3rd schools for children's educational success.
High -
quality, collaborative
professional development and teacher learning (as distinct from low -
quality cultures of one - off CPD that are «done to» teachers) has been shown to raise young people's engagement and attainment, as
well as raising the motivation and confidence of teachers.