INSPIRE

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
16A, 10:15 – 11:15
Maximizing Professional Development to
Drive Improvement
TEACHER QUALITY
Now more than ever, teachers are tasked with acquiring
new skills to drive school improvement, a reality that has
only increased the need for professional development
that directly meets teachers’ needs. While wellintentioned,
many professional development efforts
fail to permeate the classroom as teachers face the
challenge of transferring their learning from training to
the classroom. This session addresses this fundamental
challenge by providing school leaders and teachers with
a context and structure for Teacher-Driven Observation
(TDO), a schoolwide peer observation process that
places professional development in the context in which
teachers work each day: their classrooms. Through
the utilization of peer-collected classroom data, TDO
equips teachers to engage in professional learning
that fosters immediate instructional improvements and
student achievement. This session also examines how
TDO enables school leaders to better leverage existing
improvement efforts, ensuring that these efforts directly
impact classroom instruction.
DR. TRENT
KAUFMAN
tkaufman@
eddirection.com
DR. DAVID DOTY
ddoty@cicerogroup.
com
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