N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:9C-3.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 6A:9C-3.3 - Standards for professional learning

(a) Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and improves results for all students shall be guided by the following standards:

1. Rigorous content for each learner:

i. Equity practices: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators understand their students' historical, cultural, and societal contexts; embrace student assets through instruction; and foster relationships with students, families, and communities;

ii. Curriculum, assessment, and instruction: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators prioritize high-quality curriculum and instructional materials for students, assess student learning, and understand curriculum and implement through instruction; and

iii. Professional expertise: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators apply the NJSLS and research to their work, develop the expertise essential to their roles, and prioritize coherence and alignment in their learning;

2. Transformational process:

i. Equity drivers: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators prioritize equity in professional learning practices, identify and address their own biases and beliefs, and collaborate with diverse colleagues;

ii. Evidence: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators create expectations regarding, and build capacity for, the use of evidence from multiple sources to plan educator learning, and measure and report the impact of professional learning;

iii. Learning designs: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators set relevant and contextualized learning goals, ground their work in research and theories about learning, and implement evidence-based learning designs; and

iv. Implementation: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators understand and apply research on change management, engage in feedback processes, and implement and sustain professional learning; and

3. Conditions for success:

i. Equity foundations: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators establish expectations for equity, create structures to ensure equitable opportunities for access to learning, and sustain a culture of support for all staff;

ii. Culture of collaborative inquiry: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators engage in continuous improvement, build collaboration skills and capacity, and share responsibility for improving learning for all students;

iii. Leadership: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators establish a compelling and inclusive vision for professional learning, sustain coherent support to build educator capacity, and advocate for professional learning by sharing the importance and evidence of the impact of professional learning; and

iv. Resources: Professional learning results in equitable opportunities and excellent outcomes for all students when educators allocate resources for professional learning, prioritize equity in their resource decisions, and monitor the use and impact of resource investments.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:9C-3.3

Amended by R.2008 d.7, effective 1/7/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 3441(a), 40 N.J.R. 113(b).
Rewrote (a)3; deleted former (a)4; recodified former (a)5 as (a)4; in (a)4, deleted "district" preceding "professional"; in (c), inserted a period following "6A:9-3.3 " and inserted "for approval and adoption"; in (d), inserted the last sentence; in (e)2, substituted a period for "; and" at the end; added (e)2i through (e)2iii; in (e)3, inserted "school"; rewrote (f); and added (h) and (i).
Repeal and New Rule, R.2013 d.091, effective 7/1/2013.
See: 45 N.J.R. 152(a), 45 N.J.R. 1605(a).
Section was "Procedures for implementation of professional development".

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 3021(a), effective 12/7/2015

Administrative Change, 48 N.J.R. 1802(a).

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 901(a), effective 5/1/2023