Data Driven Professional Development
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The document discusses the creation of an application designed to personalize professional development for teachers by linking student data and self-assessment results. Research indicates that 7 million teachers would benefit from this approach, potentially saving them 60-90 hours a school year. The aim is to enhance student achievement through tailored professional development opportunities.
Data Driven Professional Development
- 1. Data Driven Professional Development Gail Larson Teresa Jackson Joe Wilson Sara Spillan
- 2. What did we create and why is this important? • Problem Statement – Fusing links between student data, self assessment, and professional development • An application that would link a teacher to videos, examples, interviews, etc based on their student and self assessment data as well as instructional coaches suggestions • Teachers need professional development to increase student achievement Editable title in the footer 2/11/2013 2
- 3. How did we validate the problem? Research: • Teachers, administrators, and Center for Professional Development workers were interviewed and would like professional development to be more personalized to the teacher – based on standardized data (SLC), self assessment, and instructional coaching recommendations Key Findings: • 7 million teachers would benefit from personalized differentiated professional development • This would save 60-90 hours per school year – Time spent…. • taking district classes after school • researching videos based on personal needs • meeting with instructional coaches Editable title in the footer 2/11/2013 3
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Editor's Notes
- #2: Self IntroductionI represent the Gates Foundation, so I’m here to address the Philanthropy Perspective on education. I’d like to speak with you about the challenges in the classroom today and one of the specific initiatives underway to address it.[Stephen: Need to add some context language about how this fits within the Gates Foundations Next Generation models efforts and overall education initiatives – based on the topic of the presentation it will be expected]