Professional Growth

For many of you, we are in a time between formal observations.  During this time, however, you can continue to receive valuable feedback about your practice through informal observations and focus on the areas of growth from your Growth Plan.  The Educator Growth and Development Cycle is continual and the stops along the way are for feedback and adjustments to practice....AND....

"Current supervision theory states that to be effective, supervisory practices must be regulated in large part by the teacher.  The teacher decides what happens in a classroom, and instructional practice cannot improve without these decisions being the best possible.  The framework for teaching can transform what is generally the rather meaningless ritual of supervisory evaluation into a powerful process for thinking about instructional excellence."  -from Enhancing Professional Practice, A Framework for Teaching by Charlotte Danielson

• What elements of The Framework seem most essential to improve practice?
• What might be an element that you can most easily begin to see improvements in practice?
• What type of feedback would be most useful for you?
• What Professional Development might best support your Individual Growth Plan?

As always, please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or needs.

Dean