Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of your PD. Here are two tools that can help you do that. With 23,500 full-time and 15,000 part-time staff, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools found it extremely challenging to keep track of the professional learning the district encourages employees to do. They chose Truenorthlogic (truenorthlogic.com) to build a professional learning platform with a single sign-on. Now teachers and administrators can log on to access, rate, and track learning opportunities.
Grossmont Union (CA) High School District wanted to ensure that everything they did was the most effective thing they could do at a given time. BrightBytes’ Clarity research and analytics platform (brightbytes.net) made this possible. By using data to assess their greatest needs across all of their schools, Grossmont was able to deliver the right professional learning opportunities at the right time for its staff. Thanks to Clarity’s research-based data tools, the district is able to measure the impact of its PD using longitudinal analysis.
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