Is your school, district, state, or regional organization looking to learn about and implement best practices in instruction and leadership that will support your school improvement efforts? Consider partnering with ASCD using capacity-building professional development.
What Is Capacity-Building Professional Development?
Capacity-building professional development is customized, sustainable, differentiated professional learning that builds local expertise in instructional and leadership practices.
ASCD's collaborative professional learning includes
- on-site workshops and ongoing follow-up
- on-site and virtual coaching
- the use of ASCD products and services to support ongoing, job-embedded learning and implementation
How Can Capacity-Building Professional Development Help You?
Capacity-building professional development
- Builds local capacity through intensive, districtwide and schoolwide professional development focused on scaling up through replication.
- Identifies and provides professional learning in pedagogy and content for teacher leaders to lead collaboration among instructional staff.
- Establishes research-based, long-term professional development practices for all teachers and administrators to address academic achievement.
- Supports professional development plans focused on capacity building, including evaluation to determine the effect on teacher practice and student learning.
Why Come to ASCD to Use Stimulus Funds?
- ASCD has been your professional learning partner for more than 65 years.
- ASCD is educators' trusted source for translating research into practice through programs, products, and services.
- ASCD’s professional development focuses on short-term investments for long-term benefits through changing teacher and leader practices to support increased student achievement.
To see how education aid was allocated for your state in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and for a guide on using the resources, visit our education stimulus resources page.