It also communicates to employers, families and the public that RECEs are members of a distinct profession that
values ongoing professional learning.»
Not exact matches
PLCs go a step beyond
professional development by providing teachers with not just skills and knowledge to improve their teaching practices but also an
ongoing community that
values each teacher's experiences in their own classrooms and uses those experiences to guide teaching practices and improve student
learning (Vescio et al., 2008).
The U.S. Department of Education should support
ongoing research to establish the validity and reliability of comprehensive teacher evaluation programs, further examine the efficacy of
value added models of teacher evaluation, and support adequate training and
professional development of evaluators to insure fidelity of implementation of evaluation models found to be effective in improving teaching and
learning.
The two areas we will be touching on are: online data collection for evaluative purposes and capturing
ongoing «snapshots» of classroom life for
value - based
professional development that includes student voice as a means of reciprocal
learning.