Working With At-Risk Students

Meaningful and authentic professional development has a clear outcome, effective modeling, and active participation.
When planning, consider how to surface the expertise in the room and build on it. All of your participants, even brand new teachers, know something. Your job when delivering Professional Development (PD) is figuring out how to build upon prior knowledge with new learning and content. [Erin edited] It must be something that stretches people, pushes them out of their comfort zones, and requires them to think and act differently. Modeling instructional practice is one of the most vital elements of an effective session. A quick excerpt from a PD will be presented to showcase our role.