The document discusses the Alliance professional development program which provides tools and resources to support teacher and leadership development. It offers personalized professional development plans for teachers focused on highly effective teaching. It also provides curriculum guides and data analysis support. For school leaders, it establishes a distributed leadership model and offers national conferences, training, and on-site coaching to principals and leadership teams. The goal is to develop teachers' and leaders' skills to improve student achievement.

1. AllianceTM Professional Development
Foundation for achievement
Great instruction is the engine that powers student
achievement. For this reason, professional development is
central to maximizing the talent that leads our classrooms.
From improving subject matter knowledge and understanding
state standards, to strengthening classroom management
techniques and disciplinary skills, EdisonLearning Alliance™
provides school leaders and teachers with the proven tools
needed to meet their individual goals.
Professional Development Tools and Resources
Personalized professional development
for teachers
Your dedicated Alliance Achievement Team works with
school leaders to develop personal growth plans for
teachers based on EdisonLearning’s proven framework
for highly effective teaching. The team then provides focused
coaching and mentoring for teachers that targets their
identified growth areas.
In addition to one-on-one support, teachers also receive
training that balances skills and theory with practical
implementation through a series of professional
development sessions:
• Understanding the school’s strengths and challenges
• Analyzing student data
• Using formative assessment to drive and
differentiate instruction
• Creating a positive learning environment
• Student management
Curriculum Companion Guides
Alliance provides teachers with research-based Curriculum
Companion Guides to help bridge the disconnect that often
exists between expected outcomes, adopted curriculum, and
classroom instruction. Far more than pacing guides,
Curriculum Companion Guides are designed to help teachers
embed instruction and skill acquisition in reading and math
throughout the school year.
Curriculum Companion Guides are a critical part of Alliance’s
process for meeting end-of-year state standards, especially
when combined with the data from EdisonLearning
Benchmarks and the support of your Alliance
Achievement Team.
Establishing leadership
The Alliance Leadership Development program is a model
of distributed guidance with strong instructional direction from
a principal supported by a highly-effective team. This model
is the key to creating a structure that will drive the work
needed to improve student achievement and develop a
professional environment with clear roles, responsibilities,
and accountability. Research-based frameworks that reflect
best practices and key attributes of strong leaders provide
a foundation for personal growth plans that guide the
program’s implementation.
National conferences for leadership teams
A week-long national EdisonLearning Leadership Team
Training conference brings new principals and leadership
team members together to help them solidify their goals
and collaborate effectively. In advance of their first year as
• Leadership Rubric
• Personal Development Plan
• National Conferences for
Principals (ELDA)
• National Conferences for
Leadership Teams (ELTT)
• Local Training
• Individual, on-site coaching
and consultation
• Leadership Team training
• Teacher Development
• Teacher Frameworks
• Professional Growth Plan
for Teachers
• Classroom Observation
• Coaching, mentoring
modeling

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Alliance™ partners, teams receive in-depth training through
a wide variety of workshops while they also work together
on achievement planning, student management, and team
building. In the fall, teams attend the Instructional Leadership
Conference where they receive training in leadership,
mentoring, peer coaching, and instruction monitoring.
National conferences for principals
In the summer and fall, Alliance principals attend the
EdisonLearning Leadership Development Academy where
they participate in sessions on a variety of leadership and
management topics delivered by experts in the field. In
addition to attending training sessions, principals have the
opportunity to meet other instructional leaders from across
the country, sharing best practices and learning from
others’ experiences.
Unparalleled local/on-site support
National conferences are just one component of the
Leadership Development program. The on-site Alliance
Achievement Team works closely with principals and
their leadership staff to review and analyze achievement
data, monitor progress toward school goals, and provide
on-site training and peer coaching which fosters
professional development.
Find out more
For more information about EdisonLearning and our mission
to inspire students to think, learn, and succeed, please e-mail
us at achievement@edisonlearning.com, call us at
1-877-I-CAN-LEARN (1-877-422-6532), or visit
www.edisonlearning.com/achievement. Working together we
can help every student achieve!
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