Video for professional development accelerates teacher growth, student learning
- Donna Spangler
- Jan 11, 2023
- 1 min read
We do some things in education that really don’t accelerate teacher growth and student learning. For example, we have invested billions of dollars into high-stakes teacher evaluations for over a decade and into traditional professional development annually, both of which have been largely ineffective. Given that high-stakes teacher evaluations and traditional professional development have fallen short, what can we do? One solution is to use video for professional development.
Nothing is as powerful as seeing how you’re teaching with your own eyes. As a teacher, you make thousands of decisions in a day, and you can’t see everything. It’s amazing what you can see on the video that you would miss otherwise to increase your effectiveness.
This article highlights how video empowers teachers to reflect, mentor, collaborate, and grow, ultimately improving both instruction and student outcomes...
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