Guide

Aligned with Dr. Thomas Guskey’s five levels of evaluation, DESIGNING FOR IMPACT is a planning guide for professional learning design and monitoring. The protocol walks teams through a series of questions to define realistic and authentic program objectives and measurable goals. It helps users identify types and sources of evidence to monitor and gauge implementation progress towards those goals. It also elevates an essential aspect of program design that often gets ignored — the necessary organizational supports to create the conditions for success.

While not every new teacher goes through this exact sequence, these phases of first-year teaching are very useful in helping everyone involved — administrators, other support personnel, and teacher education faculty — in the process of supporting new teachers.