For teachers, managers, and administrative personnel who have been evaluated as less than satisfactory, a district school board shall require participation in
specific professional development programs as part of the improvement prescription.
Schools were there were sustained and context specific professional development opportunities
Because relationships among these variables were explored through multivariate analysis, researchers were able also to
identify specific professional development factors that led to both student academic success and evidence of growing equity among the student treatment school cohorts.
School leaders can reach out to KIPP Foundation staff for support in operations (legal, financial, facility, accounting, public relations, and marketing); instructional leadership;
specific professional development retreats for teachers and office staff; or direct professional development support.
The Teaching Studio brings targeted, grade -
level specific professional development directly to teachers in the their classrooms through one - on - one coaching, professional development workshops at their grade level, and units of study and lessons tested in a real urban school.
PD Online courses enable educators to address both individual and group professional development needs with a flexible course design that supports
specific professional development needs, job - embedded applications that link course materials to real - world practice, and assessments that measure results at the beginning and end of each course.
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.
Another said «#LGBT -
specific professional development and promotion of acceptance in classrooms can reduce bullying.»
Insight in action As part of an MSP coaching program where mathematics and science teacher leaders provide in - class support to teachers in order to help them improve their classroom practice, teacher leaders meet 15 times during the year for content -
specific professional development and five additional times as a full group to discuss general coaching issues.
To be sure, discipline -
specific professional development is implicated in many studies, but we need to know more about professional development processes and the quality of those processes.
He added: «Holding fire on major policy changes and allowing a longer lead - in for government initiatives would allow schools time to focus on subject -
specific professional development, rather than being distracted by the demands of the latest Whitehall directive.»
Along with actionable reporting and tools that empower differentiation for all learners, DreamBox gives teachers content -
specific professional development and provides administrators with insights about how all students are progressing.
Nearly 60 percent of teachers said they believe content -
specific professional development is helpful but only 23 percent of teachers surveyed received more than four days of that kind of development the year prior to the study.
With the publication of the Teacher Leadership Skills Framework, the Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession (CSTP) takes another step toward articulating and clarifying
the specific professional development needs of teacher leaders that will positively impact learning for students in all of our schools.
For example, attempting to calculate the learning benefit for students when a school purchased and began using iPads or attempting to determine if
a specific professional development offering yielded larger learning gains.
Under Blesoff, the company has become a feedback - rich environment where each month has
a specific professional development activity.
There are currently
no specific Professional Development requirements for teachers, as the curriculum is easily implemented by following the step by step instructions included in the manual.