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Tucker-Smith, T. Nicole – Educational Leadership, 2021
Diversity, equity, and inclusion training often falls into one of three categories: Equity PD that works, equity PD that doesn't work, and equity PD that looks like it works but doesn't. The third category is the most dangerous, says Nicole Tucker-Smith. How can we make sure our professional learning isn't falling into that trap?
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Equal Education, Diversity, Inclusion
Guskey, Thomas R. – Educational Leadership, 2021
How can we guarantee the time and effort we invest in professional learning will lead to meaningful and enduring improvements? Thomas R. Guskey, professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky, shares six steps to evidence-based professional learning that makes a difference.
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Educational Improvement, Evidence Based Practice, Communities of Practice
Moody, Michael S. – Educational Leadership, 2019
When we think about instructional coaching, we likely envision a single coach observing a teacher and providing feedback. Perhaps we've been short-sighted, writes Michael Moody, cofounder of Insight Education Group. What if instead schools built a system of coaching that focuses on targeted and supported teacher reflection, without relying on…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Teacher Improvement
Goodwin, Bryan – Educational Leadership, 2016
A report from TNTP (formerly The New Teacher Project) raised eyebrows recently when it concluded that much of the professional development teachers receive does little to improve teaching quality. The report, provocatively titled "The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Professional Development," examined the…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Coaching (Performance), Peer Teaching
Nikula, Johannah; Buffington, Pamela; DePiper, Jill Neumayer; Louie, Josephine; Tierney-Fife, Peter – Educational Leadership, 2021
For professional learning to "stick," teachers need to connect what they learn to their practice--and particularly to their work with their current students. The authors describe a PD program they've developed for math teachers with emergent multilingual students (English language learners) in their classes. Teachers choose "focus…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Teachers, Multilingualism
Breaux, Annette – Educational Leadership, 2016
In her years of experience studying, working with, and writing about new teachers, induction programs, and mentoring, Annette Breaux has learned that successful mentoring boils down to 10 factors. In this article, Breaux highlights those features and provides actionable takeaways for school districts and educators. She recommends embedding…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Effectiveness, Best Practices, Educational Practices
Guskey, Thomas R. – Educational Leadership, 2014
Why does professional learning for educators have such a mixed history? Why is it so hard to find solid research evidence of professional development programs that actually improve student learning outcomes? Part of the answer, writes Thomas R. Guskey, is that professional learning experiences for educators are rarely well planned. Consequently,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Planning, Program Development

Miller, Stephen K.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1985
Evaluation of the school-based, collaborative inservice program implemented by 10 elementary schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky, indicates that ideal conditions are not essential to school improvement. Based on the effective schools research model, the project also provided evidence that local schools will adopt successful programs after pilot…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Education, Program Effectiveness

Wallace, Richard; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1984
First proposed in the fall of l98l, Pittsburgh's Schenley High School Teacher Center opened in the fall of 1983 with a comprehensive visiting teachers continuing education program involving contact with both resident and replacement teachers. To ensure full realization of its potential, the center uses a databased program to monitor its own…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Databases, Educational Quality, Faculty Development
Bielenberg, Brian; Fillmore, Lily Wong – Educational Leadership, 2005
To make sense of the complex information taught in the upper elementary grades -- and to understand the language that increasingly appears in high-stakes tests--students must be proficient in academic English. English language learners are at a serious disadvantage. Two word problems in mathematics illustrate the difficulties that these students…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Standardized Tests, English Instruction, Mathematics Tests