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August 03, 2017
With diversity in mind, Guilford County Schools in North Carolina is expanding professional learning options for teachers and ensuring that teachers have opportunities to go deeper in their learning.
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July 13, 2017
Aspire Public Schools creates professional learning to help noninstructional staff learn strategies to support students outside the classroom.
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June 21, 2017
A new approach to professional learning in New York's Syracuse City School District aims to ensure teacher practices are helping students meet district performance goals. Read more from authors Michelle Bowman King and Linda Jacobson.
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June 08, 2017
Learning Forward Redesign PD Community of Practice member Bridgeport Public Schools is working to build coherent and relevant professional learning within and across district improvement efforts. Read more from two of the district's representatives on their improvement journey.
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May 15, 2017
To make professional learning more relevant to teachers—and to make sure learning opportunities are driven by data—the Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida has given all schools a new template for identifying their goals, planning learning for teachers and recognizing when the targets have been reached. Read more to see how the district has put professional learning on everyone’s radar.
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April 13, 2017
The online myPD system is evolving to help teachers in the Redesign PD Community of Practice. Read more about how teachers are becoming more effective by sharing strategies.
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March 22, 2017
Members of the Lake County, Florida, team participating in the Redesign PD Community of Practice are beginning to see evidence that professional learning, designed in partnership with teachers, can lead to improvements in student learning. Read more from Linda Jacobson and Michelle King about their journey to increased student achievement.
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February 14, 2017
The New York City Department of Education is focusing on measuring the impact of professional learning for teachers and other educators in the district. Implementing the tools of improvement science has given the district a concrete plan for tracking progress.
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December 31, 2016
Learning Forward's Redesign PD Community of Practice works to ensure all educators experience effect professional learning. Read this assessment of how participating districts worked to solve two problems of practice by Stephanie Hirsh.
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November 03, 2016
As part of the Redesign PD Community of Practice, Denver Public Schools has created a new team of professionals to work across the district on improving the quality and impact of professional learning experiences for educators. Read more about how these experts are partnering with central office departments.
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October 11, 2016
Two school districts have joined the Redesign PD Community of Practice, bringing to 22 the number of school systems collaborating to improve professional learning systems and share their progress with districts across the country.
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September 12, 2016
Washington DC Public Schools has received a lot of national attention for its human capital policies, and the results have been impressive. Their LEAP program promises to continue the progress of the teacher growth.
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August 09, 2016
Bridgeport Public Schools in Connecticut and the Loudon County and Shelby County school districts in Tennessee have developed rubrics to better ensure that professional learning throughout their districts meets standards of high quality.
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July 14, 2016
As part of the Redesign PD Community of Practice, Jefferson County Public Schools is focused on measuring the impact of professional learning on teacher practice. Learn more about how the team is intentionally advancing a shared understanding of effective professional learning.
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March 07, 2016
As a member of Learning Forward’s PD Redesign Community of Practice, Riverside Unified School District is seeking a systematic way to evaluate the impact of professional development on teachers in their district. Learn more about how the Riverside Team is resolving issues like overlapping programs and finding time for the PD Redesign work.