Reimagining Professional Learning
When PD shifts from one-time workshops to ongoing professional learning that helps educators actually practice what they teach and use high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), it can change what is possible.
PD Needs A Makeover.
When plates are full and change is constant, professional development can feel like just another requirement. That’s often because the traditional one-shot, strategy-focused, workshop-style PD model feels disconnected from classroom reality. It’s also not effective.
⭐ Solving this design and delivery problem is essential, as ongoing, high-quality professional learning is one of the most powerful levers for helping educators work toward a vision of excellent instruction and shift student outcomes.
What Makes Professional Learning Work?
Why High-Quality Professional Learning Matters
Many new educators quickly discover the vast skills and depth of knowledge required to teach well when they enter the classroom—from establishing a supportive learning culture to internalizing content standards to differentiating instruction—and how much they still have to learn beyond their preparation program.
Well-designed, job-embedded professional learning helps all educators know what is expected of them and continuously learn. This especially matters when substantial changes occur, including a new strategic plan, implementation of new high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), or a portrait of a graduate. Meeting these needs requires a strong plan and investing in educators in the change.
From Traditional PD to Curriculum-Based Professional Learning (CBPL)
So, what needs to change about how school systems approach PD to foster an understanding of its purpose and value, and—more importantly—lead to real results?
A Coherent Approach to Improvement
“Reimagining Professional Learning: What Makes it Work” offers a path forward. Co-authored by two trusted advisors to school systems across the country, this report explores three key shifts necessary to bring ongoing, curriculum-based professional learning to life in sustainable ways that don’t pull educators and leaders in many directions at once.
When priorities, vision, support structures, and roles and responsibilities all come together, we call that coherence. That’s the goal.
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