Choosing the Best Professional Growth System for Your District

Are manual PD processes slowing you down and costing you great talent? Our recent K-12 Lens 2025 Report found that 32% of districts automating personalized PD recommendations say hiring has become easier — compared to just 4% of districts without personalized PD.  

In this guide, you’ll get 10 targeted questions that cut through the vendor noise, help you streamline workflows, deliver the right learning at the right time, and build a professional growth program that attracts and retains your best educators. 

Sneak Peek Inside the Guide 

Here’s a glimpse of the actionable takeaways waiting for you: 

1. Rubric Anywhere: How to support Stronge, Danielson (2011, 2013, 2022), state rubrics—or your own custom framework—without costly coding or consultants. 
2. Feedback That Sticks: Best practices for weaving formative checkins and weighted summative scores into one seamless experience that inspires real growth. 
3. PD on Autopilot: Proven techniques for triggering personalized development pathways based on evaluation data—no more manual assignments or missed opportunities. 

Why This Guide Is a Must-Have for K12 Leaders

• Ditch the Demo Loops: Follow our checklist to breeze past unqualified vendors and focus on platforms that actually meet your needs. 
• Spot the Hidden Traps: Learn which “must-have” features come with surprise fees, limited flexibility, or weak reporting so you can ask the tough questions up front. 
• Align Learning to Goals: See exactly how top districts tie every PD activity back to strategic initiatives—keeping your superintendent and school board happy. 
• Keep Your Teachers Engaged: Build peer networks, blendedlearning cohorts, and selfdirected PD plans that fuel professional pride and reduce turnover. 

“What Frontline has helped us do with our teachers is really enhance professional learning.
It’s the catalyst for how teachers are going to grow, which is going to help our students grow.”

Heather Platt

– Martin County School District, FL