Update on Professional Development for Certified Staff
PDSA
by Tom Mulligan
March 25, 2008
PDSA in the Classroom
An earlier article discussed the district's commitment to the Plan Do Study Act approach to classroom instruction that our district has made as a priority this year. In January, we had around 20 staff members trained on using the PDSA approach in the classroom. The PDSA approach is an instructional approach where the teacher outlines clear instructional targets and the teachers and students work together to study classroom assessment results and to determine together what would be the best approach for instruction to increase the number of students in the classroom meeting learning targets. Those 20 teachers have been implementing the PDSA strategy with great success in their classrooms since early February. The district has another 45 teachers trained on PDSA over the March intersession. They all have committed to using PDSA in their classrooms over the next couple of months. The district now has over 2/3 of the district’s teaching staff trained in PDSA. I am sure parents will hear many of the students talking about PDSA at home!
