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How will you organize for improvement?
No matter what structure you decide to use, you must pay attention to the following foundations as listed in the Iowa Professional Development Model: |
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- A focus on curriculum and instruction.
- Study of implementation.
- All site and district personnel responsible for instruction participate in the professional development.
- Goals focusing on student learning.
- Intensive professional development that is sustained over time.
- Collaboration among teachers on a regular basis.
- Ongoing follow-up, support, and technical assistance.
- Formative and summative evaluation.
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Frameworks provided here can be chunked into three categories: |
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A combination of these frameworks can give you the leverage you need to create a collaborative work environment that results in improved learning. Be sure however, no matter what framework you use, that the work is grounded in student work (results) and teaching practices that improve it (processes). |
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