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Building bridges
December 2024
Students benefit when educators bridge the continuum of professional learning between K-12 schools and other institutions.
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In This Issue
FOCUS
Build bridges with student success in mind
Paid residencies may be the key to promoting equity, retention, and professional growth for both new and veteran teachers.
A more equitable model for teacher residencies
Paid residencies may be the key to promoting equity, retention, and professional growth for both new and veteran teachers.
A coaching endorsement program blossoms in Utah
Developing partnerships across the state helped fuel the success of Utah's Instructional Coaching Endorsement program.
Teaming up to improve literacy in Tennessee: Q&A with Sharon Roberts and Courtney Bell
Partnerships between K-12 schools and educator preparation programs strengthen teaching and learning in a network of Tennessee districts.
School-university partnerships foster lasting change in Mississippi
The National Center for School-University Partnerships uses improvement science to build sustainable relationships for professional learning.
Professional learning priorities and payoffs
A new poll shows professional learning leaders are focused on student success.
TOOLS
How well is change progressing in your school or system?
A Levels of Use tool helps leaders understand where educators are in implementing change.
How the standards can build educational bridges
Discussion questions to deepen your learning about building bridges between K-12 schools and other institutions.
IDEAS
Professional learning and development that honors students’ identities
Understanding the complexity of students’ identities is a vital foundation for inclusion, achievement, and equity in education.
6 questions to include in a satisfaction survey
Examine educators’ perceptions of professional learning with these six indicators.
Multilingual students benefit when grade-level and specialist teachers collaborate
Bringing ESL and grade-level teachers together in a yearlong, job-embedded professional learning experience increases student learning.
RESEARCH
5 tips for documenting professional learning’s impact
Everyone can and should conduct some type of impact evaluation, regardless of your experience or resources. Here’s how.
Data points
The latest on deeper learning, superintendent turnover, ESSER funding, teachers’ professional learning requests, and more.
VOICES
Audrey Vohs
Changemakers
Blazing a trail for quality professional learning for noninstructional staff
UPDATES
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