The nonprofit New Teacher Project (TNTP), an alternative teacher - certification and advocacy group, surveyed more than 10,500 teachers in three large public school districts and one charter school network to assess
whether teacher development programs organized by the districts have helped teachers improve.
Not exact matches
Professional
development leaders should ask themselves the following questions to determine
whether the format and content of their
programs connect to positive emotions in most
teachers and avoid triggering negative ones:
«
Whether they provide classroom
programs, new reading materials and technology for students, or professional
development for
teachers and training for parents, the students will benefit.»
The current study tests
whether a professional
development program with these three characteristics helped change
teachers» use of exclusionary discipline practices — especially with their African American students.
Because the various P - 3
programs were developed to meet the Abbott preschool mandate, it is uncertain as to
whether their
development focused primarily on preschool preparation or
whether the
programs gave equal weight to prepare prospective
teachers to effectively teach preschool through third grade.