Too
often professional development days are one size fits all for teachers.
Not exact matches
Because union contracts
often allow district teachers to take more than ten
days of sick or personal leave — on top of school holidays, summer vacation, and
professional -
development days.
ARLINGTON, Va. — Speaking about OECD's release today of the Teaching and Learning International Study (TALIS), Ron Thorpe, president and CEO of the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards, praised the results of the study: «Teachers across the nation have confirmed that professional development is too often disconnected from what teachers do every day in th
Professional Teaching Standards, praised the results of the study: «Teachers across the nation have confirmed that
professional development is too often disconnected from what teachers do every day in th
professional development is too
often disconnected from what teachers do every
day in the classroom.
«Teachers across the nation have confirmed that
professional development is too
often disconnected from what teachers do every
day in the classroom.
This project has helped us to recognise that our established system of
professional development was not the most effective way of developing individual practice further; was not always appropriate for all three Key Stages and was
often tacked on to a busy
day, when engagement could be less than focused.
In - service
days, in comparison to
professional development activities, are
often chosen by administrators to introduce an emerging concern or bring some important new information to light.
«Early dismissal
days were
often used for teacher
professional development, so we will need to see whether teachers have the same access to training as they have in the past.»
Instead, principals
often struggle with a lack of coordinated
professional development, not enough time to work with teachers on instructional improvement, and a missing consensus on what the
day - to -
day work of a principal focused on teaching practice should look like.