Over the last 20 years, educators have distilled a set of key components of what makes up effective professional development for teachers. These include a focus on content and pedagogical content knowledge, a connection to the ongoing work of teachers in their classrooms, sustained experiences (not the isolated workshop), and alignment with the surrounding system. Yet, while many of these tenets have been incorporated into professional development programs, we have not exactly seen a surge of more effective professional development.
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