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Three-tier train-the-trainer professional development cascade through school networks

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Description

A district-scale professional development delivery pattern in which each school network sends experienced teachers to full-day district-sponsored sessions three to four times per year; these teacher facilitators "replicated these sessions at network Teacher Leader Institutes," and teacher leaders then share the content with colleagues in their own schools. The district considered this three-tier distributed approach the best way to reach its sizeable workforce. The pattern trades reach for control: the district had less assurance that every teacher received the professional development, and participation levels varied widely across schools.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Organized school networks with identified experienced teacher facilitators and time for Teacher Leader Institutes
  • Coordination of session content across years

Constraints

  • The district had less control over making sure each and every teacher received professional development on the new standards

Target Learners

  • All district math teachers, network leaders, and administrators

Learning Goals

  • Building capacity to teach to new, more challenging standards

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Julia A. Gwynne and Sarah Cashdollar. (2018). Changes in Math Instruction and Student Outcomes since the Implementation of Common Core State Standards in Chicago. UChicago Consortium working paper. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/
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title Three-tier train-the-trainer professional development cascade through school networks
description A district-scale professional development delivery pattern in which each school network sends experienced teachers to full-day district-sponsored sessions three to four times per year; these teacher facilitators "repl...
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