PD 360 is an on-demand library of hundreds of searchable video segments that cover the topics most important to teachers. Each video segment is presented by a top educational expert and features multiple best-practice classroom examples to help teachers see how they can implement research-based instruction with their students. Revolutionary in both its user-friendly design and comprehensive approach, PD 360 puts every resource an educator needs in one easily accessible place.
Leon County Schools (LCS) serves 34,100 students and employs over 2,000 teachers in forty-eight schools and program sites. LCS is one of the top districts in Florida with its students consistently scoring above average on standardized assessments. Theresa Croteau is the Director of Staff Development at LCS and the person primarily responsible for the decision to implement PD 360.
When asked why she and her staff chose to make PD 360 available to every teacher in the district, Croteau said, “We see PD 360 as a resource that will support the district’s professional learning program in several ways. The timely content of the on-demand material will be a source of web-based follow-up for several existing initiatives. National Board Certified Teachers and other teacher trainers will be able to use the material on PD 360 to design future professional development activities. Individual teachers will be able to select specific topics for independent study around the objectives of their Individual Professional Development Plans. Finally, PD 360 provides greater flexibility in how we train beginning teachers.”
Putnam County School District (PCSD) has twenty-three schools that serve over 12,000 students in Palatka, FL and the surrounding areas. Largely rural, the district covers over 800 square miles. PD 360 allows PCSD to provide consistent, individualized professional development to teachers in widespread locations. PD 360’s job-embedded nature makes it particularly useful as a tool to support teachers in the classroom and to prevent professional isolation.
The schools in Leon and Putnam Counties join hundreds of schools that have already begun implementing PD 360. All these schools share the common vision of putting high-quality, research-based professional development at the fingertips of every teacher. As schools make the best resources instantly available, there is no doubt that they will see improved educator practice and increased student achievement.
About PD 360 Professional Development On-Demand™
As the most comprehensive and innovative on-demand professional development resource, PD 360 is revolutionizing the way schools and districts provide professional development. Educators can find the individualized support they need with hundreds of indexed and searchable video segments that address the most pertinent topics, like classroom instruction that works, differentiation, instructional coaching, English language learners, data, assessment, closing achievement gaps, math, reading, brain research, and many others. Every segment features one or more of education’s most respected experts—Michael Fullan, Rick Stiggins, Gayle Gregory, Douglas Reeves, Rick DuFour, Eleanor Renee Rodriguez, Todd Whitaker, Jackie Sattes, Beth Walsh, and Glenn Singleton—and shows multiple authentic, best-practice classroom examples to help teachers see what effective instruction actually looks like. PD 360 is ideal for teachers, administrators, professional learning communities, coaches, mentors, instructional leaders, and paraprofessionals. See it at http://www.schoolimprovement.com/pd360.
