Time 4 Design
Theory on Professional Development
as recommended by Chris Wright
Teacher CPD: International trends, opportunities and challenges, Chartered College of Teaching, UK (2019): a great summary containing up-to-date analysis of research and a number of case studies from around the world.
Cordingley P, Higgins S, Greany T et al. (2015) Developing Great Teaching: Lessons from the International Reviews into Effective Professional Development. London: Teacher Development Trust.
Cordingley P, Greany T, Crisp B et al. (2018) Developing Great Subject Teaching: Rapid Evidence Review of Subject Specific Continuing Professional Development in the UK. London: Wellcome Trust.
Sylvia Segura Pirtle, Implementing Effective Professional Learning Communities: “Professional learning communities,” the name given to teachers’ collaborative professional learning—or PLCs, as they are often called—has become so overused that the term’s meaning is often lost. Only when teachers reflect on their instructional practice, consider the effect instruction has on students, and implement insights gained from a meeting to improve their teaching performance, can this process be called a professional learning community. This issue of SEDL Insights explores ways that education leaders can guide their staff in the implementation of effective PLCs.