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KnowledgeBases > The English Language Learner KnowledgeBase for Administrators > Element 6 > Activity 2 > Task 2: Create Time for Staff to Participate in Professional Learning Activities

Guideline:

The school principal should create time for staff members to participate in professional learning activities aimed at enhancing the instruction and assessment of English language learner students.

Practical Tips Breakfast Club _EXTERNAL_LINK

Chronicled by the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, the Breakfast Club concept developed at the Adams School in Chicago illustrates one approach to making time for professional development.

Practical Tips Create Time for Professional Development _EXTERNAL_LINK
This resource from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory's Pathways to School Improvement lists nine strategies for creating time for professional development.
Practical Tips Finding Time for Staff Training and Collaboration

This document identifies a variety of ideas districts and schools have used to find time for professional learning and collaboration.

Practical Tips Superintendent Provides Structure and Time for Staff Development

A district superintendent describes his philosophy of staff development and how he helped to implement it in a large suburban Chicago high school.

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