Supporting educators
with effective professional development aligned to strategies and opportunities for individualized instruction and meaningful intervention.
front page full reportThe review has also been able to add crucial nuance and detail to the components that constitute this «careful design», including the duration, structure, content and activities associated
with effective professional development.
Every teacher a Miss Rumphius: Empowering teachers
with effective professional development.
The successes at Cochrane suggest that supporting teachers
with effective professional development can increase student achievement and engagement.
Not exact matches
This new
professional development course offers teachers, administrators, board members and parents an opportunity to reflect on and work
with the challenges of building a Waldorf School Community that is vibrant, innovative and
effective, while honoring the unique contributions of each member of the community.
Read the
professional development section on the Center's Cooking
with California Food in K - 12Schools downloadable book to learn more about
effective professional development for nutrition services staff.
We coordinate efforts
with others within the University, the Perelman School of Medicine, Penn Medicine and the School of Nursing to optimize the
development and meaningful engagement of healthcare
professionals in
effective learning and improvement experiences.
Now he speaks at conferences and works
with teachers in schools, leading
professional development around ideas such as the Flipped Learning Classroom, Blended Learning and the
effective use of ICT tools.
In her synthesis of research on
effective teacher
professional development that has demonstrated a positive impact on student outcomes, Timperley (2008) identified 10 key principles, including: providing teachers
with opportunities to drive their own
professional development, allowing teachers to work collaboratively to learn and apply evidence based practices, establishing a
professional learning culture that provides a safe and authentic environment for
professional enquiry and ensuring school leaders take an active role in developing
professional learning, and maintaining momentum within schools.
The overview of the new roles described here demonstrates how 70:20:10 has the potential to make L&D
professionals and their Learning and
Development departments more
effective in preparing for the future in alignment
with business strategy.
An Honorary Fellow of Melbourne University, he shares his expertise on behaviour management,
effective teaching, stress management, colleague support and teacher welfare around the globe through lectures, seminars,
professional development courses and, of course,
with teachers in the classroom.
With problems around teacher retention high on the agenda at the moment, I'm hoping this new focus on
effective professional development will go some way towards stemming the flow of teachers leaving the profession.
The next round must get to measuring teacher effectiveness based on student achievement, promoting
professional development that is based on research and
effective practice and improves performance, providing incentives for teachers who are
effective, and requiring removal of teachers who, even
with solid
professional development, can't or don't improve.
MB: From the narratives of experience we developed an
Effective Teaching Profile and we used [that] in a
professional development program
with teachers.
It doesn't matter what your comfort level is
with technology in your classroom — without a continuous
professional -
development plan, you will never be as
effective as you can be.
Early years
professionals are well placed to work in partnership
with children and their families from the outset, ensuring that
effective support is in place in the formative years of their
development.»
Effective Strategies for Staff Development: A Wire Side Chat With Angela Peery In - service teacher training is a popular approach, but it might not always be the most effective way to nurture professiona
Effective Strategies for Staff
Development: A Wire Side Chat
With Angela Peery In - service teacher training is a popular approach, but it might not always be the most
effective way to nurture professiona
effective way to nurture
professional growth.
provide staff ongoing, high - quality, job - embedded
professional development that is aligned
with the school's comprehensive instructional program and designed
with school staff to ensure that they are equipped to facilitate
effective teaching and learning and have the capacity to successfully implement school reform strategies;
Read the
professional development section on the Center's Cooking
with California Food in K - 12Schools downloadable book to learn more about
effective professional development for nutrition services staff.
provide staff ongoing, high - quality job - embedded
professional development (e.g., regarding subject - specific pedagogy, instruction that reflects a deeper understanding of the community served by the school or differentiated instruction) that is aligned
with the school's comprehensive instructional program and designed
with school staff to ensure they are equipped to facilitate
effective teaching and learning and have the capacity to successfully implement school reform strategies;
No other
professional development is as comprehensive or successful in addressing the five essential components of
effective reading instruction, plus writing,
with a focus on translating research to classroom application.
The Council's eighteen members from academia, industry, and policy assessed current practices in early education and elementary school teaching and have designed a
professional development «blueprint» to advance the use of
effective digital media in teaching and learning,
with a special emphasis on instruction for underserved students.
Does the school employ
effective strategies such as providing all teachers
with professional development about the unique needs and strengths of LM students, implements strategies that provide students
with access to multi or bilingual support as needed in core content classes, and including LM students in all aspects of the academic and social life of the school?
Blend classroom lectures
with interactive assignments, make distance learning more
effective, or use Versal at the administrative level for student orientation and
professional development.
As described in further detail in the discussion of the proposed rule for § 1302.92, this proposed change will ensure teaching staff receive
effective professional development, based on a growing body of research demonstrating the effectiveness of intensive
professional development for improving teacher practices in early care and education settings [301302303] and research demonstrating that such strategies support are associated
with improved teacher practice in the classroom and a positive increase in classroom quality.
Respondents also flagged the most promising policies for incentivizing excellent
professional development as, in order, access to a highly supportive principal, the chance to watch peers model
effective teaching practices, access to a mentor, and common planning time
with colleagues.
However, it just may be that
professional development is more
effective when operating in tandem
with extrinsic incentives.
Our district's
Professional Development Department is part of the sequence,
with 3 hours every Friday devoted to learning specific topics that we have covered
with current staff, which include Guided Reading,
Effective Instruction, and English Language
Development.
a half - termly newsletter packed
with advice and research about
effective professional development
Our collaboration efforts
with local districts to support academic success by providing job training for students,
professional development, special education, technology services and support, administrative services, leadership training, and more in a cooperative and cost -
effective manner.
With a mixture of respected teachers, head teachers and members from the National Education Trust, ResearchED and the Teaching Schools Council, the CPD Expert group aims to address the lack of understanding on
effective professional development in the teaching profession.
James has 14 years» experience working closely
with schools on a 1:1 basis to improve the use of digital technology in classrooms and delivering
effective and relevant
professional development.
Indeed, after a restless night of thinking, Angela goes back to school
with much higher aspirations for James and his peers — another mark of really
effective professional development.
The CTTL prioritizes working
with schools for a minimum of two in - person or virtual sessions and applies the most current research in
effective professional development to the design, facilitation, and on - going work
with each school's
professional development programming.
Goal: To provide teachers
with professional development focused on fostering students» abilities to make mathematical connections and use
effective and appropriate representations in mathematics.
Oehrtman et al. (2009) found that teacher leaders in mathematics and science
with strong content area expertise were more
effective in facilitating
professional development to improve teachers» understanding of pedagogy than teacher leaders without such expertise.
ASCD worked closely
with Sen. Reed's staff, providing both background information on
effective professional development and expert input on promoting and evaluating teacher effectiveness, in crafting this bill.
Other work includes Picky Parent Guide: Choose Your Child's School
with Confidence; Choosing the Right Preschool; and
Professional Development: Learning from the Best, a toolkit, based on award - winning schools, on designing and implementing effective professional
Professional Development: Learning from the Best, a toolkit, based on award - winning schools, on designing and implementing effective professional d
Development: Learning from the Best, a toolkit, based on award - winning schools, on designing and implementing
effective professional professional developmentdevelopment.
This workshop shares our approach to
professional development with the goal of helping instructional leaders design and lead
professional development that gets teachers practicing the skills of
effective instruction.
He conducts highly motivational
professional development leadership seminars worldwide
with a focus on turning school vision into realized action that creates greater equity for students through the
effective delivery of the PLC process by faculty and administrators.
Effective professional development activity involves teachers
with content that is directly relevant to their work.
12.1 Can identify their own learning needs and
professional development goals, and uses these to create a long term plan for
professional learning 12.2 Engages in a range of different formal and informal
professional learning opportunities to ensure they maintain an up - to - date
professional knowledge 12.3 Proactively seeks out appropriate
professional learning opportunities and evaluates
professional learning opportunities to determine quality and suitability 12.4 Understands
effective methods for engaging in, and evaluating
professional learning, both for individuals and when working
with colleagues 12.5 Is open to questioning and challenging their own practice, values and beliefs in light of new evidence and expert input.
This project illustrates an
effective approach for designing a Web GIS - integrated curriculum
with educative curriculum materials that can be used to support the
professional growth of teachers when face - to - face
professional development time is limited.
With the new school year upon us, schools are clamoring for
effective professional development.
The companion DVD includes 30 real - world videos that showcase
effective leadership happening in our schools right now, and all templates, tools, and other
professional development materials have been fully refreshed
with a renewed focus on real - world implementation.
Training and
Professional Development ASAPconnect links after school programs
with assistance providers to facilitate
effective regional partnerships, expand after school program capabilities, and improve program quality.
Such online
professional development approaches were found to provide
effective teacher support for the adoption of new curriculum
with geospatial technologies in science classrooms (e.g., see Fishman et al., 2013; McAuliffe & Lockwood, 2014; Moore, Haviland, Whitmer, & Brady, 2014) and can promote science teachers» pedagogical design capacity for
effective instructional enactment (Bodzin et al., 2012).
Within my division, opportunities for
professional development has directly steered our organization into improvements that include
effective communication strategies, standards - based grading, and increased collaborative measures for students
with disabilities.
• Edu - tweeters act as a filter for educational content that is available on the internet • Twitter facilitates positive, supportive, contact between teachers but not sustained educational conversations • Edu - tweeters are not prone to tweeting inane meaningless comments • The majority of hashtags posted within Edu - Twitter contain educational links • Twitter offers connections
with a network of like - minded educators • The key characteristics of
effective professional development could be accomplished through the use of Twitter.
FastBridge Learning offers districts the supports needed to implement an
effective MTSS framework
with evidence - based reading, math, and behavioral screening and progress monitoring, easy - to - use reports, research - based decision - making tools, and teacher
professional development that supports ongoing data - driven decision - making.