Challenges

Professional Growth

PD providers and districts collaborating to ensure coherence across career stages

Full Challenge: The number of professional development providers that collaborate with districts to ensure coherence in training across PK-12 STEM teachers' career stages.

Challenge Description: Collaboration between preparation programs, professional development providers, districts and schools, and community partners is weak as it relates to teachers' professional growth. This often results in a lack of coherence in training across PK-12 STEM teachers' career stages.