Use this checklist during a classroom visit to see whether professional learning is being applied, reflected on, and improving instruction. It helps you look for strategies from professional development showing up in the classroom, a teacher who can explain what they are working to improve and how they are applying new approaches, and evidence of collaboration through professional learning communities, peer work, and feedback cycles. It also prompts you to connect data, reflection, and change, noticing whether the teacher uses student data to set growth goals and refines practice based on results. Space for strengths and coaching opportunities anchors a follow-up conversation.
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