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Lawrence Public School District
Lawrence, KS
School Type: Public
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School Setting: Urban
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Level: K-12
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School Design: Traditional
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National Awards Program for Model Professional Development
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Summary
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.
- 100% of teachers complete an action plan following each professional development experience
- Principal monitors the plans
- Teachers are videotaped before and after they learn a particular instructional technique
- Write journals to demonstrate areas of strength
- Submit performance portfolios
Lawrence Public Schools in Lawrence, Kansas
use a variety of data to evaluate professional
development programs in accordance with their
"results based staff development" policy. Instead
of giving in-service credit for seat-time at
workshops, the district requires evidence of
implementation.
Local in-service councils use
teacher surveys, teacher journals, teacher
portfolios, assessments by training and curriculum
staff, and before-and-after videotapes to monitor
development of skills. Councils and coordinators
compile their data and report levels of
implementation to the district. In addition, the
district annually provides multiple measures of
student performance to each school, and schools
use the data to make changes to staff
development action plans. Site visits affirmed that
the Lawrence Public Schools evaluation practices
created a strong feedback loop between modifications to professional
development initiatives and student and teacher outcomes.
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