Professional Development Flashcards
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Which component is MOST critical for ensuring that professional development leads to changes in classroom practice?
Answer: Follow-up support and coaching after initial training
Research consistently shows that follow-up coaching and support are necessary for translating new knowledge into sustained instructional change.
A team of teachers meets weekly to examine student work and adjust instruction accordingly. This practice is BEST described as:
Answer: Professional Learning Community (PLC)
A PLC is a structured team that collaboratively analyzes student learning data and adjusts instructional practices to improve outcomes.
Oklahoma teachers are required to complete professional development hours as part of certification renewal. What is the PRIMARY purpose of this requirement?
Answer: To ensure educators maintain and expand current, effective instructional knowledge and skills
Continuing professional development requirements exist to ensure educators remain current with evolving best practices and content knowledge.
Which scenario BEST demonstrates transfer of professional development learning to classroom practice?
Answer: A teacher implements a new formative assessment strategy and collects data on its impact
Transfer occurs when teachers apply new strategies in their classrooms and assess the impact on student learning.
A district wants to evaluate the effectiveness of a professional development initiative. Which evaluation level addresses whether learning actually improved student outcomes?
Answer: Level 4 – Results/student outcomes
Kirkpatrick's Level 4 evaluation measures the ultimate impact of professional development on student achievement and organizational results.
Which of the following is a characteristic of high-quality, sustained professional development according to research?
Answer: It is content-focused, job-embedded, and extends over time with active learning opportunities
Research identifies sustained, content-focused, job-embedded professional learning with active participation as the hallmark of effective PD.
A teacher participates in a lesson study group. What is the DEFINING feature of this professional development approach?
Answer: Teachers collaboratively plan, observe, and discuss a single research lesson
Lesson study involves a collaborative cycle of planning, teaching, observing, and reflecting on a single lesson to improve instruction.