Tag: professional development
P-20 Charts Path Forward; Signs onto RTTT-ELC
October 7th, 2011
Yesterday, the Delaware P-20 Council met for the first time since the membership was expanded and authority was clarified by legislation, focusing on the need to enact cross-agency data sharing regulations that meet our Race to the Top promises. With support from USED’s longitudinal data experts, they now will be drafting regulations for data...VIEW ARTICLE
Make Mine A Model School
September 13th, 2011
This guest blog post was written by Robin Doordan, a team member of Innovative Schools. Make Mine A Model School is a community-based campaign to mobilize Delaware educators, students, families, and citizens who want modern schools that inspire passionate teaching and learning. The campaign is supported by Innovative Schools, a local non-profit...VIEW ARTICLE
The Promise of District Race to the Top Plans
August 31st, 2011
Earlier this summer we set about the business of reading Race to the Top plans for all the state’s 19 districts. Over the next few years in Delaware, roughly $50 million dollars—about 40 percent of Race to the Top funds—will be distributed through the plans, so this is a big deal. We’ve been offering detailed commentary on specific...VIEW ARTICLE
Rethinking Professional Development
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...VIEW ARTICLE