With the direction technology is taking our culture as a whole, it has become even more important to offer ongoing professional development opportunities to your faculty and staff. Sometimes, however, professional development only seems to take a forward-looking perspective. It’s easy to get caught up in the tools and skills faculty still need to learn.
There’s also value in taking a retrospective look at professional development, which will allow you to assess the effectiveness of existing professional development and ensure that you move forward in the most efficient way possible.
Assess Where You Are
Before you put any future professional development opportunities in place, take a look at where you are today. Ask:
What types of opportunities did you offer over the current school year? How have they worked? What feedback did you receive? How are lessons learned being used in the classroom?
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