Teachers spend roughly 10% of the school year in professional development and regardless of these efforts teachers are not improving at a substantial rate from year to year as expected (TNTP, 2015). Why is this? There is no definitive answer, but the professional development that we are currently using is not helping. We say we are helping teachers but are we really? Teachers are being put in professional development that does not apply to their subject or specific grade level and they feel that is wasting their time, therefore, not being actively involved. Teachers crave professional development as they want to improve and learn new strategies that are more effective for their students. The need to professional development that will grow with them over time, not the 'one-and-done' concept. Below is the presentation I'm going to give to my campus administrators to encourage the push of alternative professional learning. I'm a strong believer in the flipped learning model so I'd like to start with that as our first session. References:
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Jill HobbsMatthew 6:34 'Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Archives
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