Professional Development

Standards for Professional Learning outline the characteristics of professional learning that lead to effective teaching practices, supportive leadership, and improved student results.

Learning Communities- Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students occurs within learning communities committed to continuous improvement, collective responsibility, and goal alignment.

Leadership- Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students requires skillful leaders who develop capacity, advocate and create support systems for professional learning.

Resources- Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students requires prioritizing, monitoring, and coordinating resources for educator learning.

Data- Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students use a variety of sources and types of student, educator, and system data to plan, assess, and evaluate professional learning.

Learning Designs- Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students integrates theories, research, and models of human learning to achieve its intended outcomes.

Implementation- Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students applies research on change and sustains support for the implementation of professional learning for long-term change.

Outcomes- Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students aligns its outcomes with educator performance and student curriculum standards.