S3E11 - Rethinking Professional Development

We spend approximately a gazillion dollars on teacher professional development, yet the results have been... meh. Why do we spend so much money on professional development and what needs to be done to make it a more worthwhile practice? We sit down with two PD specialists - Karin Rinderknecht of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools and Mark Jutabha of WestEd - to discuss the world of professional development and why we don’t seem to be getting a real bang for our buck. But first, we explore recent headlines in education regarding houseless students, students’ negative feelings about high school, and a promising principal pipeline program. ***Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/AllOfTheAbove *** DO-NOW HEADLINES: - Students and teachers struggle amid housing crisis (3:20) - Yale survey shows students’ feelings about high school are mostly negative (11:30) - Principal pipeline program boosts test scores and job retention (20:20) SEMINAR: - Reexamining teacher professional development (28:14) CLASS DISMISSED: - Middle School in the Bronx does Black History Month right! (1:06:18) Website - https://aotashow.com/ Podcast via iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-of-the-above-podcast/id1339198232 Podcast via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4NO3FENVr96JJTU4ZjdnCm Podcast via Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/aotashow Podcast via Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-of-the-above-show/all-of-the-above?refid=stpr Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/AOTAshow/