Insights from SEED Grantees

This brief shares lessons learned from a three-year project to develop partnerships between national non-profits implementing evidence-based strategies to prepare and develop effective educators, and educational organizations interested in applying the lessons learned from their work.

This brief offers insights from the New Teacher Center on how districts can better implement instructional coaching by tracking coaching activities, providing clear guidance to coaches, and engaging district leaders as they implement a coaching program.

This brief offers insights to help address these challenges based on the National Writing Project’s experience preparing teachers to lead one of its professional development programs.

As KIPP has grown to become the largest charter school network in the country, the organization has greatly expanded its pipeline of new principals.

This brief describes insights from WestEd’s Reading Apprenticeship Across the Disciplines program that blends online and in-person professional development to support teachers in a variety of subject areas as they work to build students’ literacy skills.

Amid recent calls for improvements in professional development, a frequent refrain is that teachers need more training geared specifically to the curricula they teach.

In this webinar, New Leaders shares lessons learned for preparing principals and school leaders.

A key challenge for districts is creating a pipeline of principals who are prepared to serve as instructional leaders. The assistant principal position is often used as a training ground for new principals.

The New Teacher Center shares lessons learned from its experience designing and implementing instructional coaching for teachers.

Hear insights for creating new teacher pipelines that align with district needs.

Professional learning communities (PLCs) bring together teams of educators to share ideas, learn about instructional approaches, and reflect on practice. Educators increasingly have opportunities to connect with peers and experts outside of their schools and districts through online platforms.

Professional development that blends online and in-person activities offers a number of potential advantages for teacher learning. This webinar offers insights on how to design blended professional development for teachers.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides an opportunity for states and districts to invest in preparing and developing school leaders. This webinar discusses how states and districts can leverage ESSA to improve school leadership, especially in low-performing schools.

This webinar is focused on preparing principals as instructional leaders. Two national organizations—the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching and the National Institute for School Leadership—discuss strategies for preparing principals as instructional leaders.

This blueprint describes an approach to building organizational partnerships that support and strengthen educator development.