“Professional learning improves teacher and leader practice and student learning. When these goals are deeply interconnected and clearly defined as the expected outcomes of any professional learning, both those who facilitate and fund professional learning and those who actively participate in it are far more likely to achieve the intended goals.”
Joellen Killion, Deputy Executive Director, LearningForward
The notion of 'best practices' is used in many contexts to describe the most effective and efficient ways of delivering particular outcomes. When it comes to professional learning and growth, My Learning Plan is consistently breaking new ground by providing technology systems that directly support educational organizations in achieving their intended goals for professional learning.
For example, for several years we have offered integrated tools that enable leaders to make clear qualitative and quantitative connections between professional learning, changes in educator practice, and student outcomes. Our PD Plan, Application and Impact forms, Log forms and Team Rooms provide multiple sources of evidence for analysis of how professional learning impacts educator practice and student learning.
To deepen your understanding of the theoretical basis for selected products and features, we encourage you to browse through the learning papers.
Our customers are utilizing our products in compelling ways to make managing professional learning and educator evaluation fast and easy. Many are publishing their findings in trade publications, and we are delighted to feature those articles here:
“Linking Professional Development and Educator Appraisal to Support Effective Teaching and Learning”
By Carolyn Good, Project Coordinator
Olathe Unified School District 233, Kansas
AASPA Perspectives November 2010.
“Zeroing in on Data: Customized Analysis Pinpoints Evidence of Student Impact”
By Andrew Szcepaniak, Director of Prof. Development
Gilbert Public Schools, Arizona
Journal of Staff Development February 2010.
Learn about the customizable tools within MyLearningPlan that are available to collect
evidence of the impacts of professional development on educator practice and student
learning.
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Foster cycles of targeted ongoing growth by recommending standards-aligned PD based
on a teacher’s evaluation results and collaboratively reviewing a rich portfolio
of a teacher’s completed PD during appraisal conversations.
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See it in action!
Learn about how other districts and educational organizations are harnessing the power, flexibility, and efficiency of our systems to address issues around limited personnel, reduced budgets, inconsistent processes, lack of focused professional development, and more.