Many teachers are disillusioned by the quality of professional learning being offered in their districts. schools invest about $18 billion in teacher professional development annually, and teachers, on average, engage in about 68 hours of formal training annually directed in large part by their school district with only 29% high satisfied with the current workshop, seat-time approach to professional development delivered by districts. Īlthough effective professional learning should be job-embedded, inquiry-driven, and collaborative (Darling-Hammond, 2012), not many schools provide this type of learning to their teachers.Ī recent nationwide study (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2014), found U.S. Although all seven standards are critical in a comprehensive learning system, the pilot this year started with the LF Standards for Professional Learning of Learning Communities and Data. During the 2017-2018 school year, 16 teachers in the DTSD School District took part in a volunteer microcredential pilot offered at the middle school for teachers to strengthen their instructional practice through deeper understanding and application of the Standards for Professional Learning (Learning Forward, 2011).
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