Field Trip Podcast

How to Tell If Your Professional Development Is Working


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Sheila B. Robinson, Ed.D., has spent decades in education, as a classroom teacher as well as working with adults in professional learning and program evaluation. Today, we ask Sheila about:

  • Frequent challenges in professional learning
  • How to collect and analyze data to understand if a professional learning program is meeting teachers’ needs and moving the needle on classroom practice
  • How to ask questions of teachers that yield actionable insight into your PD program
  • What to be careful of when analyzing the data
  • Take a Deeper Dive:

    Want to take a deeper look at program evaluation? Be sure to download Sheila B. Robinson’s eBook, “Professional Development Program Evaluation for the Win: How to Sleep Well at Night Knowing Your Professional Learning is Effective.” It’s a detailed overview of program evaluation, including how to engage stakeholders, crafting quality evaluation questions, and collecting, analyzing and reporting on data around your professional learning program.

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