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District engages in rigorous process to improve professional learning

Reprinted with permission. This blog post first appeared in Dr. Angle’s Blog at Day Creek Charter Schools on February 7, 2017. Dr. Mark Angle is superintendent of Days Creek Charter School.

Days Creek Charter School is fortunate to have been one of three Douglas County School Districts to be selected to participate in a rigorous process to examine how we deliver professional learning and to plan ways to better engage our faculty in designing and participating in quality professional learning that has positive impacts on student achievement.

Time to collaborate: Teacher collaboration helps teachers become more effective

Interview with Mary McGinnis

Mary McGinnis taught for 25 years in Missouri before moving to Oregon seven years ago. She teaches at Wilson River School, a small alternative high school in the Tillamook School District. As a member of Chalkboard Project’s Distinguished Educators Council, she played an active role in the council’s report on teacher collaboration time nationally and internationally.

What did teacher collaboration look like early in your career?

The importance of professional development for educators

Teacher ownership is important in professional development. The process is collaborative and teachers need to have a strong voice in their choices.

Teachers need opportunities to work together

Going on 27 years as a teacher, Michael Mann still craves the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues.

He just doesn’t have time in his schedule—about two hours a month—to work as much as he wants with his fellow teachers to discuss curriculum and instruction and the progress of their students.

We’ve spent decades pursuing magic bullets: Interview with Dr. Paul LeMahieu

Chalkboard Project hosts Dr. Paul LeMahieu on September 16, 2016, for a roundtable discussion with education leaders around improvement science and how to support educators with “getting better at getting better.” The Communications Team interviewed Dr. LeMahieu prior to the event.