Given this, you'd think school districts would do more to support the development of school - to - school, teacher - to - teacher, and principal - to - principal learning rather than the typical top -
down professional development model that is far too common in districts across the country.
Not exact matches
BetterLesson houses how - to videos on Vimeo, so the only YouTube video I tracked
down is this one, of founder Alex Grodd speaking about a new
model for
professional development.
In traditional «top -
down»
models of teacher
professional development, educators are given ideas to try out in their own classrooms, but are not always successful with the implementation.
Teachmeets are also radical, eschewing the «top
down»
model of continuing
professional development (CPD).
«The
professional learning standards offer an opportunity to give teachers more autonomy over their own
professional learning — moving from the old, top -
down style of
professional development to a new
model that really empowers teachers and ultimately benefits the students that the teachers serve,» said Field.