Jonathan Raymond is the former Sacramento City Schools Superintendent and now a leader of PCG’s efforts to support improved student learning outcomes. Here are some highlights—for the complete Q & A, click here!
What is your philosophy about teacher professional development? What role should educational technology play?
"Professional
learning needs to be ongoing and collaborative, and not be a moment in time. We
don’t want drive-by professional learning –- the ‘sit and get’ variety.
Professional learning needs to be embedded in teachers’ and principals’ daily
work… The work is the learning, and the learning
is the work…
What we need to do is provide the technology
infrastructure, devices, and resources for professional learning that embeds
technology in lesson plans and uses it to enhance learning and engage
students… Teachers and administrators can figure this out if we give them
resources. It doesn’t have to look the same at every school. That’s what makes
it fun and creative."
