Before considering the recommendations below, we recommend that toolkit users first read the introduction explaining why professional development matters for improving teacher working conditions and student learning conditions.
Recommendation One: Ensure professional development provides teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to work with all learners. - Resources for related strategies
Recommendation Two: Provide extensive resources, including time, for PD design, implementation and evaluation, and conduct an assessment of current spending. - Resources for related strategies
Recommendation Three: Provide opportunities for teachers to assume responsibility for their own PD through formal and informal means. - Resources for related strategies
Recommendation Four Plan PD that is aligned with school and district goals and promotes evaluation and follow-up. - Resources for related strategies
Recommendation Five: Enhance capacity for analyzing and interpreting data to ensure PD opportunities are based on the needs of students and teachers. - Resources for related strategies
Throughout these recommendations, you will see resources represented as three distinct categories:
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"Seeing It Work" represents real world examples of actual schools and communities implementing the reform strategies prescribed in the toolkit. |
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"Action Tool" represents a specific strategy, checklist of items to address, plan for immediate activity or targeted instruction on how to implement reform around teacher working conditions. |
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"Knowledge Tool" represents background research, academic studies, or relevant articles that may inform your work and help you better understand the broader context for your work on teacher working conditions. |
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