Is your professional learning working? 8 steps to find out

According to the Evidence standard, Professional learning results in equitable and excellent outcomes for all students when educators create expectations and build capacity for use of evidence, leverage evidence, data, and research from multiple sources to plan educator learning, and measure and rep...

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Published inThe learning professional Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 58 - 71
Main Author Killion, Joellen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford National Staff Development Council 01.02.2024
Subjects
Design
Designers
Learning
Learning Theories
Mathematics Achievement
Standardized Tests
Students
Success
Teachers
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Summary:According to the Evidence standard, Professional learning results in equitable and excellent outcomes for all students when educators create expectations and build capacity for use of evidence, leverage evidence, data, and research from multiple sources to plan educator learning, and measure and report the impact of professional learning (Learning Forward, 2022). Using the following eight steps of the evaluation process, drawn from extensive practice and research in program evaluation, professional learning leaders will be able to answer important questions about the relationship among professional learning, educator practice, and student learning. To determine whether a program is ready to be evaluated, an evaluator analyzes the program's goals, expressed as expected changes for students; outcomes, expressed as changes for educators; indicators of success; standard of success; and the program's theory of change and logic model, each of which is described below. [...]the social interaction theory of learning might serve as the basis for designing adult learning, in which case the theory of change would include multiple, frequent, in-depth opportunities for participants to process their learning with colleagues.
ISSN:2476-194X