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Data Driven PD Designed To Help Teachers Differentiate Instruction
A
professional development provider and a company that specializes in
data-driven
instruction are partnering on a new product they say will help teachers
apply
data about their students to their curriculum development.
Educational
technology
firm Amplify and Knowledge Delivery Systems (KDS), the
professional
development company, will partner on "Taking Action With
Data," an online
course that will help teachers and administrators better use data to
raise
student achievement in their classrooms and districts.
The
course,
which includes 45 hours of instruction with video and application resources, is available for
university-level continuing education credit. Subjects covered include:
- Collecting data on students;
- Using that data to inform instruction;
- Analyzing the results; and
- Modifying instruction to help students.
Officials
at
both companies say the online course will help teachers "bridge the
divide"
between instruction and personalized learning.
"Our
ultimate
goal in giving teachers access to great professional learning is to
help them transform their practice and reach every learner," said KDS
CEO Alvin
Crawford.
The
course
includes subject material from leading experts in subject matter and
researchers. It also covers strategies for differentiating instruction
and
promoting colleague support among educators, with video footage of how
some of
those strategies have been put into practice.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.