September 2017, Vol. 6, Issue 1
Translating Professional Development for Teachers Into Professional Development for Instructional Leaders
Mary Alice Carlson, Ruth Heaton, and Molly Williams
Between 2011 and 2015, these authors facilitated professional development in which coaches, principals, and teachers studied mathematics teaching and learning together. Because the initial focus on teacher decision making was inadequate in meeting instructional leaders’ learning needs, they adapted the PD to focus instructional leaders’ attention on the work of learning teaching.
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