PD Services
Professional Development
Opinion
To Improve the Professional Learning Experience, Create a Welcoming Environment
Showing school leaders hospitality can in turn encourage them to treat their staffs in a similar fashion.
Professional Development
Opinion
AI Can Make Education More Personal (Yes, Really)
Frequent, trustworthy feedback to teachers helps them interact more with students, write three researchers.
Reading & Literacy
Opinion
How to Make the Science of Reading Work for Teachers
One state took a different path with good initial results, writes a state chief academic officer.
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Professional Development
Opinion
If You’re Conducting PD, Seek Engagement With Educators
Professional development can seem one-sided when the facilitator has all the power. Pre-engagement surveys can effectively turn that dynamic around.
Professional Development
Some Kids Had a 'Choppy' K-12 Experience This Year. ISTE Will Explore Solutions
Big themes at this year's online-only ed-tech conference will include acceleration and finding K-12's way in a new, more virtual world.
Professional Development
It's Notoriously Hard to Evaluate PD. A New System Aims to Change That
A new process for judging the quality of professional development has made its debut, with the aim of answering a difficult question: Which PD is high-quality and which isn't?
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Engaging Professional Development: One District's Success With EdCamps
EdCamps are based upon the desire for participant-led professional development. The session topics are determined on the day of the event.
Professional Development
Teacher Micro-Credentials: PD Revolution, or Just Electronic Flair?
Could bite-sized teacher learning projects help improve the PD infrastructure?
Professional Development
Online Teacher-Coaching Services on the Rise
To help hone their skills and improve their classroom practice, a growing number of teachers are getting help from virtual-coaching services, according to a story in the Hechinger Report this week.
Professional Development
Opinion
It's Time to Restructure Teacher Professional Development
Following a concerning report on the state of teacher professional development, Mike Schmoker explores how to transform the practice.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Pressure on LMS Companies to Provide Quality PD
Educators must grasp how learning management systems can help students, yet also acquire the skills to juggle myriad academic and managerial duties.
Education
Opinion
Pearson Partnerships for Principal Development
When I learned that Pearson was in the process of working with the highly regarded New Leaders organization on a principal development program, I wanted to learn more. I called Lee Peters, the marketing lead for Pearson's School Achievement Services business, who outlined some of the professional learning available through Pearson's growing portfolio of teacher and leader effectiveness offerings.
Professional Development
Staff-Development Providers Eye New Opportunities
Still, the industry will have to compete for market share with districts as school systems shift ever more training in-house.