Professional development has the potential to not
only improve teacher practice, but to make a real difference for students.
Written by researchers from Durham University, the Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE) and UCL Institute of Education, the report confirms that the right CPD not
only improves teacher practice but also improves outcomes for pupils.
Not exact matches
Are you doing yoga
teacher training because that's what you want or is it
only because you want to
improve your personal yoga
practice.
The research suggests that these
practices improve student writing
only along with the qualifier of enthusiastic
teachers who create meaningful systems for their own classrooms.
How might we leverage evaluation to build systems of support that not
only help
teachers reflect upon and
improve their
practice but also ensure that all students are leaving our schools with the knowledge and skills they need to live the lives they deserve?
Such systems should not
only identify great teaching, but also provide the feedback
teachers need to
improve their
practice and serve as the basis for more targeted professional development.
When translated on a larger scale, districts can use research to not
only to
improve teaching
practices, but to increase
teacher retention and buy - in for the profession.
Research suggests that intensive mentoring in the first two years of a
teacher's career not
only improves their
practice and increases retention, but also results in higher student achievement.
Teachers are not
only asking for research that allows them to tackle problems and
improve their classroom
practice, they are also looking to establish a deeper understanding of the principles that underpin effective pedagogy.
UConn's study of the evaluation pilot found that
only 42 percent of
teachers believe that with sufficient resources — time and staffing - SEED will
improve teacher practice.
The partnership has served not
only to
improve the
practice of
teacher candidates in science instruction, but also to
improve K - 5 student achievement in science and content literacy.
It could become great news for students, too, if negotiations can achieve a win not
only for
teacher pay, but also for improvements to district
practice that can drive
teacher retention by
improving school climate and culture.
Ms. Ryan Feeney, a second - grade
teacher in Brooklyn, used data not
only to
improve her
practice, but also to strengthen relationships with her students.
Peer reviews, which were once a measure of effectiveness, will
only be used to provide supportive feedback a
teacher can use to
improve professional
practice.
By using the term professional learning community we signify our interest not
only in discrete acts of
teacher sharing, but in the establishment of a schoolwide culture that makes collaboration expected, inclusive, genuine, ongoing and focused on critically examining
practice to
improve student outcomes.
Anacortes chose to work with CEL on their evaluation design because they find that the 5D framework is
improving not
only their
teachers» classroom
practices, but also their principals» and district office leaders» ability to help
teachers improve.
Not
only does it provide a safe environment for independent learning, but MyFlexPD also empowers
teachers to access the valuable content they need, when they need it, and immediately apply what they learn to inform their classroom
practice and
improve student outcomes.
Given that the student population is primarily Latino at 92 % and that nationally
only 21 % of Hispanics are performing at or above the level of proficient in mathematics, it is imperative that ARISE
teachers are able to effectively implement formative assessment
practices that are known to
improve achievement, in particular with the lowest achieving students.