A Philadelphia principal tries to use crowdfunding to pay for teacher professional development that the district budget won’t cover. Will it work?
As a vendor, education conferences meant hawking candy and key chains. As an attendee, I had authentic conversations and interactions.
States and school districts would see new money for teacher-training, “personalized learning,” and other efforts under a $200 million budget proposal from President Obama.
If the professional development experienced by teachers simply exposes teachers to new concepts that are never implemented, time and money is being squandered. Push for hard data on the impact of professional development programs.
It took 11 months worth of work to initiate one trial of my startup’s video coaching service at a school in Brooklyn. Teachers’ reactions ranged from earnest curiosity to outright skepticism.
Evaluations are not very useful for improving teacher quality, but we can merge them with professional development to help focus on the growth of teacher quality instead.
Moving towards performance coaching instead of lecture-based professional development can be a game changer for teacher quality.
A professional association of district technology leaders is offering advice to school officials on how they can transform schools using digital tools.
Generating sustained interest in its new, free teacher-training venture will require Coursera to partner with districts, a new analysis argues.