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    District Dives Into Data To Improve Feedback

    By Learning Forward
    February 2014
    The Greece Professional Learning Center, a New York State Teacher Center in Greece Central School District, works to ensure all district employees have access to high-quality professional learning that supports and facilitates their learning and ultimately advances student achievement. The center is an integral part of the district — the state’s 9th-largest — and the community. An important part of the center’s work is evaluation. As Learning Forward states in Standards for Professional Learning (2011), “Well-designed evaluation of professional learning provides information needed to increase its quality and effectiveness” (p. 38). New York State includes evaluation in its Professional Development Standards: “Professional development is evaluated using multiple sources of information to assess its effectiveness in improving professional practice and student learning” (New York State Education

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    Authors

    Sheila B. Robinson and Marguerite G. Dimgba

    Sheila B. Robinson (sheila.kohn@greece.k12.ny.us) is policy board chair and Marguerite G. Dimgba (marguerite.dimgba@greece.k12.ny.us) is director of the Greece Central School District Professional Learning Center.

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    References

    Abielle, A. & Hurley, N. (2002). Evaluation executive summary: New York State teacher resource and computer training centers: Teacher center standards at work 2001-02. Stoneham, MA: Learning Innovations at WestEd.

    Learning Forward. (2011). Standards for Professional Learning. Oxford, OH: Author.

    New York State Education Department. (n.d.). Professional Development Standards. Available at www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/resteachers/pd.html.


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