Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Framework (TPACK)
TPACK is a framework that extends Lee Shulman’s idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge by identifying the knowledge teachers need to teach effectively with technology.
CCSSO’s Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium Learning Progressions (InTASC)
The efforts of InTASC have helped to describe the new vision of teaching needed for today’s learners and what strategies teachers can employ to improve their practice both individually and collectively. inTASC specifically addresses the need for teachers to be able to personalize instruction through digital learning and how teachers should develop expertise in applying technology to support learning (p23), integrate technology into their planning (p35) and participate in professional learning opportunities that support digital learning (p35).
ISTE Standards for Educators and Administrators
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) developed the ISTE Standards (formerly known as the NETS) for learning, teaching and leading in the digital age. Included in the standards are ISTE Standards for Teachers (ISTE Standards•T) and ISTE Standards for Administrators (ISTE Standards•A). These standards provide details related to evaluating the skills and knowledge educators need to teach, work and learn in an increasingly connected global and digital society.
Wisconsin’s Writing a Professional Development Plan (PDP)
This document provides tips, components and resources for writing professional development planning at their website. WDPI also links to promising programs that illustrate professional development plans for districts seeking examples.
Maryland Teacher Professional Development Planning Guide
The guide describes the elements of an effective plan for teacher professional development and presents a six-step planning process.
Learning Forward’s Professional Learning Plans Workbook
This resource provides an overview of comprehensive professional learning systems and provides a 7-step guide to developing professional learning plans.
Culture Shift: Teaching in a Learner-Centered Environment Powered by Digital Learning
This report examines the characteristics of learner-centered instruction and the support that educators and schools will require to make such an approach work.
Professional Learning in a Digital Age
This resource shows the changes in the professional learning field as related to what, how and when teachers learn, including important considerations of emerging models such as personalized learning networks, online learning opportunities and coaching.
Standards for Professional Learning Resources
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness for all students requires prioritizing, monitoring, and coordinating resources for educator learning. The Learning Forward Standards are general standards for professional learning across K12 that highlight the importance of sustainable, ongoing, job-embedded professional learning opportunities.
