Every year, more than $1.7 billion in federal money is spent on professional development (and class-size reduction). Yet a slim minority of teachers surveyed in a recent TNTP report say they benefit from the professional development in their schools. Instead, many say they learn through trial and error in the classroom. How could professional development be more productive? For starters, policymakers and administrators should listen to teachers when they point to more effective activities like teacher coaching, writes Kaitlin Pennington in a guest blog at Recess this week.
-- Read the full post, "Listen to the 'Irreplaceables' on Professional Development," here: http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/1/post/2013/08/listening-to-the-irreplaceables-on-professional-development.html
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