Professional Growth
By Ryan Estes, Managing Editor on 2/6/2017
Professional Development for Teachers: What’s Important About ESSA’s Definition?
With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), one sentence in particular has gotten the attention of educators who work in professional learning: The term ‘professional development’ means activities that … are sustained (not stand-alone, 1-day, or short-term workshops), intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, data-driven, and classroom-focused.
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