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Providing High Quality Professional Development Andrew Wayne, Senior Research Analyst

Providing High Quality Professional Development Andrew Wayne, Senior Research Analyst American Institutes for Research May 10, 2007. Context: The Importance of PD. Student achievement has become a priority PD can affect student achievement

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Providing High Quality Professional Development Andrew Wayne, Senior Research Analyst

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  1. Providing High Quality Professional Development Andrew Wayne, Senior Research Analyst American Institutes for Research May 10, 2007

  2. Context: The Importance of PD • Student achievement has become a priority • PD can affect student achievement • PD may have enduring effects on teachers and administrators

  3. Context: Federal Support • Federal funding for PD has grown • Accountability systems encourage PD for identified schools • Teachers in high-poverty schools receive more PD on reading and math

  4. Effective PD: Research Base • Experiments • Correlational studies • Case studies

  5. Effective PD: Features • Structural features What does it look like from the outside? • Core features What’s inside?

  6. Effective PD: Structural Features • Duration and time span • Collective participation • Integration with daily work

  7. Effective PD: Core Features • Focus on content • Opportunities for active learning • Coherence

  8. Funding High Quality PD • High quality PD is usually expensive • Many funding streams support PD, which causes some fragmentation • High quality PD may require joining funding streams

  9. Ensuring High Quality Delivery • Are the materials good? • Who are the trainers? • How do the trainers prepare?

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