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Development Coaches Launched, and Other Race to the Top Updates

News

May 24th, 2011

The Delaware Department of Education recently announced that the University of Delaware’s Delaware Academy for School Leadership (DASL) was awarded $3 million to lead implementation of Delaware’s development coach initiative. Development coaches are a critical component of Delaware’s first place Race to the Top application.  Twelve coaches...

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Let’s Personalize Professional Development

News, Policy and Practice, Student-Centered Learning

November 18th, 2016

As a 25-year veteran teacher, I believe I’ve just about seen it all when it comes to education. When I started my career, everything was neatly packaged. Students sat in neatly organized rows and my day ranged from honors to basic skills classes. I was the sole determinant of what would be taught and how it would be assessed. Today, I have...

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Rethinking Professional Development

Policy and Practice

August 25th, 2011

I’ll be honest—during my teacher tenure I didn’t always pay attention in professional development sessions. I either lesson planned, graded papers, or focused my efforts on the million and a half other things I needed to do yesterday. That’s why I had to pause when I saw several million dollars of Race to the Top funding going towards...

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