Professional Development

The latest news about professional development including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Sharpe Elementary School teacher Ikeysha Hall works on a lesson with her 4th graders. She is participating in the Tripod Professional Development Research Project, a study in the Memphis schools that is comparing two different methods of technology-related professional development.
—Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal

Study Aims to Evaluate Tech-Related Teacher PD

A research project in the Memphis, Tenn., schools is comparing two different professional-development approaches that incorporate technology. (February 26, 2013)

Spotlight on Professional Development

There are new standards for professional learning, an array of technology tools, and emerging techniques for in-school professional development

Spotlight on Professional Learning Communities

Educators who have used Professional Learning Communities offer tips on building teacher-to-teacher collaboration in this Spotlight.

Issue Backgrounder

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Learning Forward's PD Watch Blog

07/30 04:39 pm | A Professional Learning Pop Quiz and Summer Homework | Here's a quick pop quiz you can take to determine if your school and or system is on the right track in how it approaches professional learning.

On-Demand Webinar

Tapping the Power of Online PD
Online tools like Twitter and Google+ are spawning new types of professional development opportunities that provide face-to-face interaction.

Chat Transcript

Training the Hybrid Educator
This chat addressed the kinds of professional development available to hybrid educators, as well as the key factors they need to know to be successful in the classroom.

Special Collection

Virtual PD Creates Connections
This special report in Education Week's series on virtual education, examines how K-12 professional development is taking a more digital approach to educator training.

PD Directory

The Professional Development Directory features courses and resources for teachers on:
Online Degree Programs
Effective Teaching Strategies

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Student test scores should not serve as the major criterion for principal evaluation, Gail Connelly and JoAnn Bartoletti write.
October 30, 2012 - Education Week
With a special class on behavior and a strategy known as Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, a Charleston middle school has found a way to reduce suspensions.
October 25, 2012 - Education Week
But more research is needed to determine the effectiveness of the evolving models, and to identify which ones work best for which types of students.
October 23, 2012 - Education Week
New models for ed-tech training are moving away from a historical emphasis on developing technical skills and toward a broader focus on what educational approaches work best.
October 23, 2012 - Education Week
A Louisiana school is having success with a professional-development system that helps teachers grow, including financially, in their careers.
October 17, 2012 - Teacher
At a time of competing pressures around teacher evaluation and career development, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is retooling itself in an effort to increase its influence in the field.
October 17, 2012 - Teacher
The concept of teacher leadership is in a perilous transition phase, where the right structures or mind-sets aren't always in place to support the roles educators expect, writes teacher Ariel Sacks.
October 17, 2012 - Teacher
As part of a far-reaching effort to create a statewide teacher-advancement model, the Iowa Department of Education released an extensive proposal to create new career paths and differentiated compensation for educators.
October 17, 2012 - Teacher
Degree programs in teacher leadership have emerged in recent years in response to an increasing number of teachers who are looking to advance in their careers without leaving the classroom.
October 17, 2012 - Teacher
Leaders of a new center designed to expand students with disabilities' access to online courses have expressed concerns about those students' participation in e-learning.
October 16, 2012 - Education Week

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