District Administration Magazine Features Teacher Success Using School Improvement Network Professional Development

District Administration Magazine Features Teacher Success Using School Improvement Network Professional Development

Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) December 20, 2011

Change hurts, but sometimes there just isn’t any way around it. Lizzy Kloiber, secondary curriculum director in Celina Independent School District in Texas, knows this better than most.

In July 2009, as she watched teacher and student achievement stagnate across her district, Kloiber knew that something had to change. So, with the help of educators in the superintendent’s office, she designed a plan that won Celina Independent a $ 5 million Title 1 grant, and put the school district back in control of its own destiny.

Central to Kloiber’s plan was a conviction that achievement would only rise as teacher performance improved. Rather than rebuild her district’s teaching framework from the ground up though, Kloiber’s strategy integrated a combination of mentoring and professional development into the already existent learning program. An article published recently in District Administration magazine called “A Small Community’s Innovative Curriculum Coaches” outlines Kloiber’s plan.

“According to Kloiber,” the article reports, “the high school had to ease into this transition to garner a working relationship between the teachers and the coaches. The goal…was not to point out what teachers were doing wrong, but to demonstrate best practices, to show where they could improve.”

In order to establish trusting relationships through quality, practice-based mentoring, educators at Celina Independent School District turned to School Improvement Network, the leading, online professional development producer in the country. School Improvement’s flagship PD platform gave teachers and mentors in Celina constant, on-demand access to thousands of professional development videos on dozens of topics, from differentiation to classroom management.

School Improvement Network’s extensive professional development library not only provided teaching material for learners in Kloiber’s district, but gave mentors the support of dozens of the top educators in the world. In fact, educational leader Jim Knight, Kloiber’s cites as her inspiration for the program, offers an entire PD course through School Improvement Network.

With the help of Kloiber, district mentors and administrators, and School Improvement Network, the incredible progress being made in Celina continues to catch national attention. But you won’t find Kloiber resting on her laurels.

“We’re happy where we are and where we’re headed,” she explains. “What happens, is the tests become harder and rigor goes up…When I look out at graduation, I want to see CEOs and college recruiters wanting our graduates.”

Anyone can become a member of School Improvement Network’s online community of 720,000 educators for free, by signing up at http://www.schoolimprovement.com. To register for a free, 30-day trial of School Improvement Network’s premiere, online professional platform, visit http://www.schoolimprovement.com/products/pd360.

About School Improvement Network

Founded in 1991 by teachers, the School Improvement Network provides comprehensive, research-based professional development anytime, anywhere. As the home of The Video Journal of Education, PD 360, Observation 360, the Learning 360 Framework, Equity 360, and Common Core 360, School Improvement Network resources focus on the most relevant topics, feature the top experts, and show educators how to put theory into practice. School Improvement Network works with thousands of schools and districts in every state and around the world and has visited over 3,500 classrooms to document best practices in action. Learn more at http://www.schoolimprovement.com.

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Duane Sprague

School Improvement Network

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duane(dot)sprague(at)schoolimprovement(dot)com

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