- Research Brief
What We Need to Know to Improve Professional Learning in Tennessee
TERA convened a gathering of researchers and practitioners to shape the organization’s research agenda on professional learning. This document outlines the research questions that resulted from this meeting.
About the Brief
TERA convened a gathering of researchers and practitioners to shape the organization’s research agenda on professional learning. This document outlines the research questions that resulted from this meeting.
Five Key Research Topics
- The Amount and Use of Time
- The Conditions for Effective Feedback
- Variations in Access to Effective Professional Learning Opportunities
- Teacher Reflection and Self-Assessment
- Coherent Instructional Systems
Next Steps
Looking ahead, TERA will use the research topics and questions to guide future research in the area of professional learning. In particular, researchers will focus on the use of direct observation to capture teachers’ professional learning experiences over time, and on measures of effectiveness to identify conditions that predict educator growth.
Suggested Citation
Archer, J. (2017). What we need to know to improve professional learning in Tennessee. Tennessee Education Research Alliance.