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Today, Jennifer Williams, a literacy specialist at Calliope Global and adjunct professor at Saint Leo University, examines current teacher professional development strategies and how they can be ...

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When most teachers receive professional development regarding a technology tool, they are often provided a “this is how you use this” workshop. At Phoenix Union High School District, a portfolio ...

As director of the master of applied professional studies (M.A.P.S.) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I’ve seen firsthand how transformative a well-designed professional development ...

Tomasz Głowacki is a data scientist at Żabka Group, and an assistant professor at WSB Merito University Poznań in Poland. Some scientists think of a career path as being set in stone, following a ...

Lia Rae Edmunds was annoyed when her department asked for an individual development plan (IDP) after she started her postdoc in developmental biology. “I thought it was an unnecessary hoop to jump ...

Johnny C. Taylor Jr., a human-resources expert, is tackling your questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's ...