Teacher PD
How teachers improve their instructional practices by earning credentials, receiving coaching, attending conferences, and collaborating
See also: Professional Development, PD Research, Principal PD
What’s Wrong With Teacher PD for Technology—and How to Make It Better
Too often, the training is focused on the technology rather than the learning goals or it is not as practical as teachers need it to be.
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Hear how this NC School District achieved district-wide change by shifting from traditional PD days to year-long professional learning cycles
Classroom Technology
What the Research Says
What We’ve Learned About Technology and Learning in the Last 3 Years
See the lessons learned from a roundup of some of the most interesting research on tech use in schools.
Teaching
Opinion
Teachers Share Their Best Ideas on How to Be a Better Teacher
When your lessons are so rote you could teach them in your sleep, it's time to change things up.
Teaching
Opinion
Peer Observations Can Make Us Better Teachers. Here's How
Study what colleagues do in their classrooms to learn how to improve your craft and discover what to avoid.
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.
Professional Development
Opinion
Give Teachers Agency to Create Their Own Professional Development and See Engagement Grow
How one principal turned the stress of COVID and its fallout into a learning and community-building opportunity for teachers.
Teaching
Opinion
Teaching Is About the Messy Work of Being Human. Here's How to Embrace It
It's OK to feel uncomfortable as you work with your students; it can even be a better choice than trying to control the learning process.
English-Language Learners
The English Learner Population Is Growing. Is Teacher Training Keeping Pace?
English learners are one of the fastest growing student groups in the country, but not all teachers are prepared to best support them.
Mathematics
Leader To Learn From
Making Math Matter: A District Leader's Mission
As a teacher, Tonya Clarke sought to change the way her students saw math. Now, she's bringing her vision districtwide.
Mathematics
Q&A
What Professional Development for Math Teachers Should Look Like
Transforming math instruction also means transforming professional development, one Georgia leader says.
Professional Development
Opinion
Attending a Professional Learning Session? Many Educators Don't Know Why
It’s hard to develop a shared commitment when you don’t even know why you’re in the room.
Teaching
Opinion
Want to Take Learning Recovery Seriously? Support and Train Teachers
To help reduce student learning gaps, districts should build teacher confidence. An elementary educator offers a way.
Professional Development
How to Get the Adults in Schools to Improve Their Social-Emotional Skills
How do you address adults' social-emotional learning without being patronizing? Two experts weigh in.
Professional Development
Irrelevant, Too Conceptual, Boring: Social-Emotional Learning PD Often Falls Flat
Insufficient professional development is a major challenge to teaching social-emotional learning effectively.