Differentiated Professional Development in a Professional Learning Community

Differentiated Professional Development in a Professional Learning Community

If differentiated instruction works for diverse student learning needs, why not apply it to teacher learning? The authors draw from real experience and PLC concepts to support the value of differentiated professional development. A practical guide for designing school or district professional development plans, this book explains a three-step model that is core to the differentiation process.

• Examine research on adult learning.
• Find detailed explanations of the “I Do, We Do, You Do” model of differentiated professional development.
• Learn about various teacher roles for providing collegial support.
• Gain strategies for creating time to incorporate continuous learning into the workday.
• Review examples of differentiated professional development in action.
• Read a story of one districts evolution into a PLC that uses differentiated professional development.