Evidence-Based Professional Development

Directors Webinar. Data-Informed Decisions and a Return Visit from Christopher Littlefield

Join us for a two-part Directors Webinar featuring the Michigan SPDG team and a return visit from our National Meeting keynote speaker, Christopher Littlefield!

Part 1: Data-Informed Decisions for Implementation and Impact

The Michigan SPDG team will share how they use data to determine when schools are ready to add additional learning sessions. They will also discuss how data are used to continuously improve the statewide impact of the MiMTSS TA Center's efforts to build educators' MTSS knowledge and skills in classroom settings.

SPDG Directors Webinar: Dissemination, Critical Perspectives, and MTSS Feedback Loops

This SPDG Directors Webinar featured presentations from Indiana and Oklahoma SPDG teams focused on dissemination, critical perspectives, MTSS implementation, and systems feedback loops.

Lucy Fischman (Indiana SPDG) presented Dissemination Workbook and Engaging Critical Perspectives: A Comparative Analysis, exploring the complementary purposes and uses of the EIR Dissemination Workbook and the SISEP Engaging Critical Perspectives Tool.

Denver University. Refining the United States Department of Education’s State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) EBPD Rubric

Evidence-Based Professional Development Sub-Topic:
Assessments for Planning, Evaluation and Continuous Improvement
Evaluating Professional Development
This project focused on refining the United States Department of Education’s State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) rubric, which is used to evaluate the quality of professional development applications for funding made by school districts and state education agencies across the country. Our team’s goal was to streamline and strengthen the rubric so that it more clearly communicated expectations, reduced redundancy, and aligned more closely with evidence-based practices in adult learning and implementation science.

Leadership SISEP e-note (2019)

Evidence-Based Professional Development Sub-Topic:
Integrating Administrators into Professional Development

Leadership behaviors are visible – leaders at every level of the system are actively engaged in developing and using strategies that facilitate and support use of the effective innovation, and that make the work of educators easier. Read the December 2019 SISEP eNote to learn more about Leadership and the role of leaders in supporting implementation.

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