Resources
The month after the workshop, thought through.
Written for the leader planning a PD day — not for a search engine. Every claim in these guides holds to the same evidence rules as the product.
Why Professional Development Doesn't Stick — And What Does
Schools spend heavily on PD and see little practice change. The gap is structural: no follow-up at the moment of practice. Here's what actually makes PD stick.
What Is PD Follow-Up? A Plain-Language Guide for Schools
PD follow-up is the sustained, job-embedded support after a workshop — brief check-ins tied to each teacher's goal, with aggregated evidence for leaders.
How to Measure Professional Development Effectiveness
Attendance and satisfaction surveys measure the workshop, not the teaching. What to measure instead — engagement, practice change, and evidence that lands every 30 days.
Title II Part A PD Funding: What It Can Pay For
A plain-language guide to Title II Part A for school leaders: what it funds, ESSA's definition of PD, and the language that gets a line item through a board.
What Is an AI Instructional Coach? What It Can and Can't Do
What an AI instructional coach is, the three kinds of product that use the name, what none of them can do, and what the research actually supports.
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