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THE PRACTICE: Professional development should incorporate evaluation of multiple sources of information on (a) outcomes for students and (b) the instruction and other processes that are involved in implementing the lessons learned.
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Content Presented By:
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National Partnership for Excellence & Accountability in Teaching
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What is it?
When done right, evaluation of professional development yields important lessons for refining professional development. Without such evaluation, future opportunities for teachers to learn may not be productive. Multiple sources of information should be used, including teacher portfolios, observations of teachers, peer evaluations, and student performance. Lessons become most clear when evaluators collect data during different stages of the change process.
Questions to Think About
- When teachers commit to the change process, what evidence of the effect on
students are they most interested in?
- What are some effective ways to judge the effect of professional
development on adult learners during professional development, in classroom
practice and in the long-term? What is the effect on student achievement?
- What professional development evaluation strategies can be used to inform
further professional development with the same teachers in the future? With
other teachers?
- How can informal, ongoing, and workplace-based professional development be
evaluated to encourage further professional development?
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