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KnowledgeBases > The Writing Successful Grants KnowledgeBase > Element 1 > Activity 1 > Task 4: Review Professional Learning Activities

Guideline:

When reviewing professional learning programming the focus should be on developing highly qualified teachers able to use appropriate teaching methods with a curriculum aligned with the state's academic standards. This review should identify opportunities for improvement.

Checklists Highly Qualified Staff Members Data Elements

The chart, provides a checklist of data elements related to highly qualified staff members for inclusion in a school profile.

Tools Professional Development Tool Kit _EXTERNAL_LINK

As noted at the Learning Point Associates website, "This comprehensive toolkit is based on the experiences of award winning sites of the U.S. Department of Education's National Awards Program for Model Professional Development. It provides schools and districts with a step-by-step guide to implementing strong, sustainable professional development that drives achievement to students' learning goals."

Tools Staff Development Assessment Inventory _EXTERNAL_LINK

This Learning Forward (formerly National Staff Development Council) survey is designed to help schools determine how their staff development programs measure up to their staff development standards.

Guidelines A Framework for Reviewing Professional Development Policies and Practices

This article from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) Policy Brief lists key questions to ask during the review of professional development policies and practices. Each major question has a list of supporting questions to be addressed.

Guidelines Guidelines for Evaluating Professional Development Programs _EXTERNAL_LINK

This North Central Regional Educational Laboratory document lists seven guiding principles for evaluation of professional development programs.

Guidelines National Board for Professional Teaching Standards _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) website. As noted at its website, NBPTS "was formed in 1987 to advance the quality of teaching and learning by developing professional standards for accomplished teaching, creating a voluntary system to certify teachers who meet those standards and integrating certified teachers into educational reform efforts." While the NBPTS standards focus on content mastery, they do not reflect on a formally designated teacher leader role.

References Professional Development at the Middle School

This document reports on the lessons learned from a study conducted by the Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) at the University of Illinois on professional development activities at middle schools. The lessons offered are important in understanding the differing perspectives that teachers and administrators have about professional development.

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