93 percent of leaders say professional learning must be active, ongoing, and focused.

That’s why we’re working to disrupt the one-and-done professional development workshops of yesterday with relevant, job-embedded systems of professional learning.

Working with leaders at all levels of the school system, we design ongoing professional learning strategies, turnkey content, and structures that build educators’ expertise and confidence in using high-quality instructional materials.

Teachers collaborate every week to collaborate around addressing grade-level standards and diverse needs in their lessons, so every day in the classroom helps every student get ahead. At the same time, we work with leaders to establish supportive school and system-level conditions that enable strong instruction to take hold.

School-Based Learning

We design weekly, school-based content cycles that allow teachers to build deep content knowledge together, co-plan and practice lessons with peers, and receive feedback before lessons make it in front of students. We take the curriculum teachers are using every day and design sessions that build on key standards and concepts over time. 

The Process

Cycles cover a primary topic in four subtopics that follow a 3-week pattern. The goal is to focus narrowly and go deep. Leading Educators designs custom cycles that respond to partners’ content priorities, their high-quality curricula, and priority grades(ex: K-2, 3-5, 6-12). Working with their leadership coach or other programmatic staff to make adjustments, school-based instructional leaders facilitate cycles within their school.

THE CONDITIONS

Unlike typical professional development, our approach takes context, culture, and resources necessary for lasting change into account. As we partner, we use an evidence-based development continuum to assess six conditions that are key to strong professional learning systems and set goals.