Transforming Educator Development and Evaluation: A Growth-Oriented Approach

Transforming Educator Development supports schools in creating coherent, human-centered systems for educator equity, growth, well-being, and evaluation. This workshop helps leaders and instructional teams align their professional learning, coaching, and feedback practices with adult learning principles, equity-centered design, and research-informed strategies, so development efforts are meaningful, sustainable, and supportive of educator dignity.

Ideal for schools seeking to strengthen teacher growth structures, build consistency across systems, and foster conditions where educators can thrive.

  • TIME

    1-day sessions, 2-day sessions, hybrid sessions and/or 4-5  2-hour virtual sessions.

  • GROUP SIZE

    This program is designed for teams of at least 3, school sites, districts, and/or organizations looking to reimagine educator support and evaluation

  • FORMAT

    Available both in-person, virtually, and hybrid as well.

About Transforming Educator Development & Evaluation

This workshop introduces a comprehensive and holistic framework for transforming educator support systems: integrating well-being, growth, and evaluation with equity as the foundation.

Using the metaphor of an ecosystem, school leaders will learn practical strategies for generating a vision for equity, supporting collective and individual well-being, identifying ways to support educators in their professional growth, and reimagining evaluation to sustain the ecosystem.

Through practical tools, research-informed practices, and case study examples, participants will be able to generate action steps for addressing these foundations—and develop a pathway for more cohesive and equitable educator support systems.

Intended outcomes:

✔︎ DEFINE and ENVISION what it means to support educator well-being and growth—especially your own

✔︎ EXPLORE how to utilize components, approaches, and skills of coaching to support educator well-being

✔︎ PRACTICE increasing emotional intelligence through facilitated activities and role play

✔︎ ASSESS your well-being and make a plan for continued growth

We will consider the following questions for each element of the framework:

    • What does equity look and sound like in practice?

    • What conditions need to be in place to support educators thriving in an equity-centered environment?

    • What do leaders need to know and practice to foster equity?

    • What does an educator need to be fully affirmed in their dignity, experience, and professional practice?

    • What conditions need to be in place to support educators' well-being?

    • What do leaders need to know and practice to foster well-being?

    • How might leaders support educator growth in ways that are equitable, differentiated, and personalized in support of well-being?

    • What structures will promote growth?

    • How do leaders model their own growth and promote a culture of learning?

    • What is the model of evaluation that is aligned with equity, well-being, and growth?

    • What will be the measures of effectiveness?

    • How will evaluators be prepared for the process?

    • How will leaders tend to the ecosystem of their sites, including their own evaluation?

Using culturally responsive school leadership principles, participants will take a landscape assessment of their school/district to identify areas of focus. We will then develop strategies to reimagine assessment of teacher practice.

Included in this package

  • Up to 2 hours of planning/logistics calls prior to the workshop.

  • Workshop preparation time (~2-3 hours of prep per one hour of workshop time)

  • A materials kit for each participant that includes reflective tools and practical guidance for coaches.

  • Workshop presentation time that is flexible and adaptive

  • The opportunity for follow-up to transfer and implement workshop practices

featured project

ESD 105 in Yakima Washington

In this workshop, over 50 educators from throughout the ESD (across all levels) came together for a full-day focused on educator well-being, the second element in Integrating Educator Well-Being, Growth, and Evaluation: Four Foundations for Leaders. Participants identified key traits of an effective educator, explore the eight dimensions of educator well-being, practiced with new skills to support their and their colleagues’ well-being, and developed an action plan for next steps.

Group size: 50+

What ESD 105 participants had to say:

  • “I appreciated the calming nature of workshop. This was seriously the best workshop EVER.”

  • “Wellness work is the only way we can do systems work, pausing to intentionally craft a hard conversation is something I want to keep doing, focusing on what matters and my own agency in how I can get there.”

  • “The importance of well being, identifying the personal and professional well being categories, and the fact that it was very validating to hear the importance of well being in our professional and personal lives. This is the shift and focus in education we need.”

  • “Transformational Learning Theory of Action is a powerful thinking process when reflecting on change. The 3 levels of listening is also so important at every level of being an educator, but especially in a leadership position. The choice time to reflect on areas was hopeful to allow me the space to reflect on my relationships with staff.”

  • “This was an amazing workshop. My time was well spent. Super engaging and safe space to collaborate. I loved it!”

  • “The community. I adore [Lori’s] pacingi. It feels very intentional and has space to breathe which is not always typical of PD.”

featured project

Waverly School, Pasadena CA

In this workshop, staff at the Waverly School gathered for their opening in-service to explore the Four Foundations of a Healthy School Ecosystem, featured in Integrating Educator Well-Being, Growth, and Evaluation.

Through guided activities, participants developed a vision for equity, practiced peer coaching, and set an action plan for the start of the school year.

Group size: All staff at the Waverly School

What Waverly participants had to say:

  • “My brain felt very held in this PD experience. I really appreciate how you timed our learning, made it relevant to our work, named the “quiet parts” out loud, and kept things engaging.”

  • “Love the interactive nature and humor that you bring to the presentation especially when you modeled how to bring that humor into our own classrooms.”

  • “This was one of the most applicable pds I have had in a while. Thai presentation kept me engaged and gave me so many ideas to help start the school year while establishing and reinforcing a sense of community.”

  • “This is one of the few PDs where lessons regarding diversity and belonging were actually incorporated into their practices, slides, and activities. It wasn’t just talk, it was authentic application.”

  • “I can’t think of a more meaningful way to start a school year.”

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