Teacher Agency in Professional Development Grows Engagement

Elementary principal, Haley Beavert, created a program trading required mandatory faculty meetings for optional learning opportunities. She identifies the strategy as an example of de-implementation. The program, called “Feed Your Brain,” has teachers organizing learning opportunities for professional development which has now expanded to other schools in the district.

Read Haley’s article, "Give Teachers Agency to Create Their Own Professional Development and See Engagement Grow"

E-mail Haley: haley.beavert@cps.k12.ar.us

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