Can professional development for teachers be personalized?
Michael Horn joins EdNext editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss a new way of doing professional development. Teachers identify the skills they want to acquire, receive specialized training, and are certified as having these new competencies, receiving a micro-credential, something akin to a merit badge.
For more, read “Competency-Based Learning for Teachers,” by Michael Horn and Thomas Arnett, in the new issue of Education Next.
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