Overview

Igniting the Learning Engine: How school systems accelerate teacher effectiveness and student growth through Connected Professional Learning

We studied four school systems that are rising to the challenge and seeing growth in student achievement, even as they work with large populations of high-need students through Connected Professional Learning.

In many school systems today, teacher PD remains disconnected from everyday instructional work —disconnected from the material being taught, from the collaborative work of teacher planning time, and from observations by peers, mentors, and school leaders.

In contrast, professional learning in the systems we studied is profoundly connected—really, embedded—into the teaching job, and teachers learn and grow through the daily work of improving instruction.

Igniting the Learning Engine explores the strategic practices in these four school systems, how to organize resources to make them happen, and where to get started.

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