Spotlight on Personalized Professional Development

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Personalized Professional Development


The Education Week Spotlight on Personalized Professional Development is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on:

  • Shifts from credit-hour requirements to micro-credentialing
  • Initiatives to groom teacher leaders
  • Professional coaching for principals
  • Making professional development more interactive and engaging

You get the seven articles below in a downloadable PDF.

Can 'Micro-Credentialing' Salvage Teacher PD?
Advocates say the movement offers an opportunity for schools to shift away from arbitrary credit-hour requirements toward a system based on evidence of progress in specific instructional skills.
March 30, 2016 – Education Week

Ed-Tech Coaches Becoming Steadier Fixture in Classrooms
The use of technology coaches in K-12 is on the rise, a response to the growing demands on teachers to use digital tools more effectively.
June 9, 2016 – Education Week

To Tailor PD, D.C. Looks to Groom Teacher Leaders
An initiative in the nation's capital aims to give select teachers more time to work with colleagues.
September 30, 2015 – Education Week

Why Professional Development Should Be More Like 'MasterChef'
How many times do teachers have to hear that interactivity and inquiry are the best forms for learning from a hired expert lecturing from a text-laden PowerPoint, asks teacher William Tolley.
May 20, 2016 – Teacher

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