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Brian Drayton
on February 14, 1998
at 11:33AM
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Welcome
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Welcome to the TEECH-LSC discussion group "From Professional Development to Student Outcomes." The discussion is co-moderated by Mark St. John of Inverness Research Associates and Brian Drayton of TEECH. Brian's role will be to facilitate and encourage broad participation among the subscribers, and "chair" the discussion. Mark's role will be that of an active and engaged participant from the field.
It is our hope that each of you will post a message to this list at least once during the next 4-6 weeks. While we all like to read, the reading will be more interesting if we each take the time to post. The tone of the conversation will be respectful of multiple perspectives.
When you post for the first time, you may want to introduce yourself.
We'd like to start with the following questions: [1] Is it possible to demonstrate a relationship between a professional development effort and gains in student outcomes? How do you come down on this issue? [2] What road-blocks or successes have you met with in tryting to do the above? [3] In what ways does this approach (measuring the efficacy of professional development by reference to student outcomes) relate to helping your project reach its goals? What other forms of assessment can help to demonstrate the effectiveness of your professional development efforts?
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