Is Your Professional Development a Waste of Time? - Finding Common Ground - Education Week - 0 views
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No time for real dialogue. No time to ask questions
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. "Oh we do this already," is a common response to PD. Do they do it...or do they think they do it? The report states that, "non-improvers are almost twice as likely to self-assess their own performance as stronger than their formal ratings."
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participants, regardless of the type of school system, show up without much background knowledge on why they are there.
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they need to make sure that they have a school climate that is conducive to learning and not one that focuses on accountability and compliance.