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Successful teachers lead to successful students — and successful teachers need high-quality, continuous professional development that gives them an opportunity to:
- Learn what’s important for their classroom
- Plan for and implement what they’ve learned
- Analyze the evidence of how their new knowledge has impacted their students
How do you get to this kind of PD? The questions below will make sure you get started on the right path!
Let these questions further guide you in assessing your needs:
- How would you describe your learning culture?
- Are your teachers and school leaders using both qualitative and quantitative data?
- Are they using that data to inform decisions on learner needs and school priorities?
Are your educators:
- Engaging in ongoing evidence-based cycles of development
- Collecting, analyzing, and collaborating around evidence of student learning?
- Using evidence to shape the implementation of curriculum and effective practices in the classroom?
- Evaluating their impact on student learning?
Do your educators:
- Take active roles with their colleagues to develop skills and knowledge, and understand deliberate practices that address student learning needs
- Engage in mentoring, coaching, peer observation, or other practices to continually learn from one another?
Do your educators and students:
- Use evidence to create ways for students to own and demonstrate their learning?
- Actively monitor their own progress and know the next steps of their learning journey?
- Recognize — and demonstrate — what it means to be an effective learner?
Are your educators:
- Evaluating their impact on students by gathering and examining evidence of student learning?
- Taking actions and creating plans based on this evidence?
- Identifying how their professional learning impacts student learning?
Want to learn more about Corwin PD?