Professional Learning Environment

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Professional Learning Environment for K–12 Curriculum

Take Charge of Your Professional Development Online

Dynamic Online Learning For Professional Development Teachers today are busier than ever. McGraw-Hill Education’s Professional Learning Environment (PLE) for grades K–12 empowers you to control your professional learning—quickly, and right from the start.

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Our Professional Learning Environment (PLE) is relevant, practical, and directly connected to the programs you use. With 24/7 access, our PLE empowers you to fit what you need to know into your already packed schedule.

Program Mastery at Your Command Each online portal leverages your investment in McGraw-Hill Education programs.  Saves costs and time spent for offsite training  Reduces substitute teaching expenses  Sustains professional learning throughout the year Quality training ensures your programs are implemented with fidelity, for maximum efficacy to drive student achievement. The comprehensive PLE offers easy-to-use tools that support your professional learning and meet your school and district’s continuous improvement objectives:

• Interactive modules and media-rich instructional resources promote comprehensive program knowledge.

• Discussion boards make it easy for teachers to collaborate and share within communities and across districts.

• Progress monitoring allows you to track program-specific professional development.

• Certificates of completion provide a pathway to gaining CEU credits.

Get Going with Professional Learning Now Gain a deeper understanding of program strategies, collaborate with other educators, and get better results in the classroom. The Professional Learning Environment gives you the power to inspire a new generation of students to lead and succeed. Contact your representative to learn more, or call Customer Support at 1-800-334-7344.

Five Principles of Effective Teacher Professional Development 1 Content-Specific Learning Professional learning deepens practitioners’ knowledge of strategies for the specific content they teach to improve student learning.

2 Active Engagement Teachers participate in their own professional growth through reading and responding, developing learning tools, and collaborating with peers.

3 Teaching Models Videos of authentic classroom practices provide teachers an explicit, engaging mode of learning.

4 Collaborative Learning Online collaboration empowers teachers to share research, instructional ideas, and modeling tasks.

5 Practical Application Activities incrementally introduce change into practice and allow teachers to practice new strategies and embrace change.

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