Teachers who consistently hold high standards for themselves and for student learning continue their own learning regarding all components of teaching. Aligned instruction comprises the following activities: Teaching topics that are aligned with the standards. Ensuring the right level of challenge, focusing teaching based on the learning needs of each student, and implementing instructional strategies to increase student achievement.  [Other]
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An assortment of resources to help establish or advance professional learning communities.  []
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This website offers excerpts from one teacher's professional growth plan and provides her research-based rationale for doing so.  [Other]
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This website defines the Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for PA educators.  [Other]
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Guiding questions and possible responses to facilitate further discussions in cohort groups.  [CFG]
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Professionalism includes not only being respectful, but modeling it. This article offers four crucial goals that foster respect in school.  [Article]
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Teachers who engage one another in ongoing conversations about teaching and learning can solve significant issues faced by educators today. This pdf provides six insights for implementing and sustaining professional learning communities.  [Article]
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This document contains templates and samples of professional growth plans developed by the state of Missouri.  [Article]
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This article details the benefits of teacher learning communities and research-based recommendations for establishing teacher learning communities.  [Article]
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Rick DuFour offers suggestions for creating a culture of professional development within a school and presents guidelines for ensuring that culture is created and fostered.  [Article]
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Learning Forward has created a number of protocols and tools for guiding learning organizations in professional growth. This site showcases four tools for personal and group examination, reflection, and analysis.  [Other]
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This brief post offers benefits for teachers as well as students when teachers engage in professional learning communities.  [Article]
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