Planning and evaluating your school’s professional development

As a school leader, you will be involved in planning and evaluating your school’s professional development (PD). You may be completely or partially responsible for creating your school’s PD plan. This includes planning and delivering specific PD, as well as implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of the PD. In this assignment, you will have the opportunity to evaluate a professional development plan.
Analyze and evaluate the professional development program in your school or another school of your choice.
In a 750-1,000 word essay, address the following:
• How the professional development program increases the capacity of staff in a way that aligns to the school vision and mission, and promotes data-driven, student-centered learning. Support your response with specific examples.
• The principal’s roles and actions in terms of the development of the classroom environment and teachers’ instructional abilities.
• The teachers’ roles in the development of the PD program.
• How the professional development program is aligned to the school’s Continuous Improvement Plan. Support your response with 1-2 specific examples.
• How the PD program emphasizes research-based instructional/best practices .
• How research-based/best practices are used for evaluating the PD program.