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MyTeachingPartner-Secondary - Teacher Training, Evaluation, and Compensation

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Description

MyTeachingPartner-Secondary (MTP-S) is a professional development program that aims to increase student learning and development through improved teacher-student interactions. Through the program, middle and high school teachers access a video library featuring examples of high-quality interactions and receive individualized, web-based coaching approximately twice per month during the school year. MTP-S uses the secondary school version of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System®-Secondary (CLASS-S) to define and observe effective teaching practices.

Goal / Mission

MyTeachingPartner, or MTP, is a system of professional-development supports developed through the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning. MTP improves teacher-student interactions, which in turn, increases student learning and development.

Results / Accomplishments

Research demonstrates that teachers participating in MTP engage in more effective interactions with students, especially in classrooms that serve higher proportions of students in poverty. Students in these classrooms also show enhanced academic and social skill development.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
University of Virginia, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL)
Primary Contact
Robert Pianta, PhD, Founding director of the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CAS
405 Emmet Street South, Ruffner Hall, Room 221
Charlottesville, VA 22904
434-243-5481
castl@virginia.edu
https://curry.virginia.edu/myteachingpartner
Topics
Education
Community / Social Environment
Organization(s)
University of Virginia, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL)
Location
Charlottesville, VA
For more details
https://curry.virginia.edu/myteachingpartner
Target Audience
Adults

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  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success and/or promise in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures of improvement in outcome of interest (i.e. increase in voter registration, not just delivery of voter registration drive) and/ or the outcome measure is increased or improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant.
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