Author: Todd Whitlock
A recent study conducted by TNTP reported that the schools they examined were spending, on average, $18,000 per teacher for training over the course of 19 days. At the end of the training cycle, however, little to no improvement was shown in teacher performance, with 2 out of 10 teachers improving worse over the next two to three years.
During the study, TNTP found that there was no formal process or goal setting in these training sessions, and “districts just throw different teacher-development techniques (and lots of dollars) at the wall and hope something sticks.” In essence, thousands of dollars were wasted on teaching techniques that didn’t contribute or negatively contributed to the performance of their teachers.
During the study, TNTP found that there was no formal process or goal setting in these training sessions, and “districts just throw different teacher-development techniques (and lots of dollars) at the wall and hope something sticks.” In essence, thousands of dollars were wasted on teaching techniques that didn’t contribute or negatively contributed to the performance of their teachers.
