Does KIPP NYC offer Professional Development?
KIPP NYC teachers tap into a wide array of professional development and training opportunities, starting with regular observation by principals and instructional coaches. Throughout the year, KIPP NYC holds four full day and four half-day region-wide professional development events, and individual schools hold regular professional development sessions as well. Teachers also collaborate with their counterparts at other KIPP NYC schools through regular content area meetings and visits to one another’s schools and classrooms. To support continued professional reflection, all teachers are videotaped at least eight times per year. In addition, all teachers participate in KIPP Share—a newly launched web platform that allows KIPP NYC teachers to share resources, including lesson plans, resource links, and scopes and sequences, across grade levels and subject areas.
