District leaders looking to enhance their teacher PD can find more information on the following K12 education programs:
Main story: Coach approach to K12 teacher professional development
Sidebar: 9 keys to mentoring in teacher PD
- Teacher Mentor Program: a partnership of the Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico and the Albuquerque Teachers Federation
- Urban Teacher Residency Partnership Program: a collaboration between the University of South Florida and Florida’s Hillsborough County Public Schools
- ASCD professional development
- Teach to Lead
- Teach Plus
- WoLakota Project and Courage to Teach Seasonal Retreats: a partnership between the South Dakota Department of Education and the Technology and Innovation in Education division of the Black Hills Special Services Cooperative, a multidistrict support agency