Project Partner:
National Staff Development Council /
New Hampshire Staff Development Council
The Antioch Center for School Renewal is proud to support the work of both the National Staff Development Council and the New Hampshire Staff Development Council. We share their goal of every New Hampshire educator engaging in effective professional learning everyday so every student achieves and their belief that quality professional development positively impacts student learning and positive change in schools. We also share their vision of quality professional development which:
- Focuses on all members of the school community as central to student learning
- Respects and nurtures the intellectual, emotional and leadership capacity of all members of the school community
- Prepares educators to understand and appreciate all students and create safe, orderly, and supportive learning environments
- Reflects best available research and practice in teaching, learning, and leadership
- Enables educators to develop further expertise in the essential elements of teaching to high standards
- Promotes continuous collaborative inquiry and improvement embedded into the daily life of schools
- Focuses on individual, collegial, and organizational improvement
- Is planned, collaboratively, by those who will participate and facilitate that development
- Is driven by a coherent, long-term plan that uses student data to determine adult learning priorities
- Is evaluated ultimately on the basis of its impact on teacher effectiveness and student learning
- Uses assessment to guide subsequent professional development efforts, and
allocates substantial time and resources to achieve this vision