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Carroll Independent School District
Southlake, TX
School Type: Public
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School Setting: Suburban
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Level: K-12
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School Design: Traditional
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Content Presented By:
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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.
- Participant feedback following each training session
- Application activities that provide evidence what participants apply as a result of training
- 100% of teachers set three goals: professional, cognitive, and student achievement
- Supervisors evaluate teacher effectiveness
- Changes in practice demonstrated in lesson plans
- Teacher demonstrations
- Surveys
- Quarterly grant reports
- Group reflections
- E-mail communications
- Teams from each school analyze state test results data
- Train other teachers in analyzing data
- Use data to decide where to focus
- Passing rates in algebra went from 61% to 81%
In the Carroll Independent School District in South Lake, Texas, data drive decisions about professional development. Extensive evaluations of professional development programs over the last several years document that professional development does increase student achievement. Evaluations of teachers' professional development in algebra instructional strategies, for example, demonstrated an increase in student scores of state assessment from 61% to 81% in a single school year. Application assessments at the end of workshops and training sessions include lesson plans, demonstrations, and teacher and student products. Individual professional development plans, surveys, focus group reports, anecdotal data, and group reflections are other data sources. Both process and product measures related to reaction, learning, behavior, and results are used to conduct formative and summative assessments about professional development.
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