Provide 70 hours of professional development in three phases: intensive training, practice, and implementation¶

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Description¶

In the qualifying study, "teachers in the study received 70 hours of professional development which included three phases: intensive training, practice, and implementation". This specific, phased PD recipe is presented as the implementation support used in the evaluation. Ongoing support options include onsite coaching, monthly webinars, and training institutes.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Initial training can be face-to-face or via the Professional Learning Environment (PLE)

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Teachers implementing Corrective Reading with struggling readers

Target Learning Goals¶

• Faithful implementation of scripted, structured reading lessons

Related Strategies¶

• Provide structured multi-phase professional development with ongoing support for intervention teachers
• Layered implementation support for teachers adopting a new science curriculum: preservice training, follow-up training, and a science coach
• Multi-format teacher professional development for implementing the Facing History and Ourselves curriculum
• Sustained teacher professional development with coaching and professional learning communities
• Sustained, needs-based PBIS professional development with in-classroom coaching to build teacher capacity
• Weeklong initial teacher training with biweekly follow-up meetings for delivering the fraction intervention
• Layered professional development for curriculum implementation (webinars, workshops, coaching)
• Designate a Spalding coordinator and provide 45-70 hours of formal teacher training with ongoing mentoring to support implementation fidelity
• Provide various forms of follow-up to sustain new practices learned in PD

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Corrective Reading. (2021). https://www.evidenceforessa.org/