PreK-12 Professional Learning Market 2016:
Traditional professional development, suggesting a top-down process often tied to compliance, is giving way to the now-often-preferred term professional learning, which captures a more teacher-led, ongoing, job-embedded, results-oriented process that is widely accepted as being more effective. PreK-12 Professional Learning Market 2106 from Simba Information delves into the estimated $5.3 billion market for professional learning that is collaborative, data-driven, intensive, individualized, and an ongoing process.
- Methodology
- Executive Summary
- Market Size & Structure
- Introduction
- Defining What Professional Development/Learning Is
- Table PreK-12 Spotlight: By the Numbers
- The Customer for Professional Learning
- Teachers and Administrators
- Table Public School Instructional Staff by Function, Fall 2009-2013
- Schools and Districts
- The Role of the States
- When the State Focus Targets a Particular Objective
- Statewide PL Hubs and Other Learning Initiatives
- eLearning for Educators Exemplifies Collaborative Approach
- Teachers and Administrators
- Size of the PreK-12 Professional Learning Market
- Table Spending on PreK-12 Professional Development, 2014-2015 vs. 2015-2016
- Funding Sources
- Table Federal Funding Sources for PreK-12 Professional Development, FY2015 - FY 2017P
- Foundations Lean in
- Table Selected Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation Grants for Professional Learning
- Trends: Changing Policies & Delivery Practices
- Introduction
- Common Core and New State Standards
- Every Student Succeeds Act
- State Policies
- Teacher-Led Professional Learning
- Personalization
- Table Important Professional Learning Attributes, According to Teachers
- Collaboration
- Teacher Leadership
- Coaching, Mentoring and Observations
- Microcredentialing: Measuring Competency
- Personalization
- Content and Practice Areas
- Technology
- Table How Teachers Learn to Understand Common Core Assessment Data for Math and ELA
- Standards, Assessment and Data
- Practice, Pedagogy and Content Areas
- Technology
- Delivery Trends in Professional Development
- In-Person Delivery
- Online Delivery
- Competitive Landscape
- Introduction
- Table Provision of Professional Development, by Provider and Type of PD, 2014 (according to Local Education Agencies)
- Higher Education Institutions
- Non-Profits: Associations, Foundations, and Unions
- Consultants
- Content Providers
- HMH Focus: Raising Student Achievement
- Scholastic Focus: Literacy
- Books and More at Corwin, Capstone, Cavendish and Curricki
- The Critical Edge
- Technology Platforms and Online Providers
- Follett, Blackboard: Promoting Platforms & Broader Goals
- States and Districts
- Introduction
- Case Studies
- Introduction
- District of Columbia: Investing in Distributed Leadership
- Moving on to LEAP
- New Hampshire: Online PD for All
- Internally Developed
- Bettendorf (IA) High School: Teaching Tech through Gamification
- Game On
- Continued Use
- Idaho: Fostering Statewide Interest in STEM
- Pairing Teachers and Industry
- STEM Action Center
- Florida: Rethinking Professional Learning
- Washoe Co.: PD + Teacher Evaluations + Student Learning Objectives
- Conclusions & Outlook
- Introduction
- Flexibility Is Key
- Barriers to Change
- Funding Availability
- Future Outlook
- Table Projected Market for PreK-12 Professional Development, 2015-2016 to 2020-2021
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