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The Council of the Great City Schools is a coalition of 66 of the nation's largest urban public school systems.

Urban School Professional Development

Below are the sessions on Urban School Professional Development presented at the 51st Annual Fall Conference in Nashville

Increasing Academic Achievement through Professional Development: "Differentiated by Design"-- Clark County School District
Bridging the Generation Gap in Urban School Districts-- East Baton Rouge Parish School District
Using District-Wide Study Groups to Differentiate Instruction and Build Teacher Capacity--Norfolk Public Schools
Practices with Promise for Improving Secondary Mathematics Teacher Pedagogy-- University of Texas at Austin
Improving Teacher Retention and Effectiveness through New Teacher Support-- New Teacher Center/University of California, Santa Cruz
Coaching and All-Star Team: Effective Professional Development for Improving Student Achievement-- Caddo Parish School District
Differentiated Instruction for Coaches, Too!-- Orange County Public Schools
Public Schools and Higher Education: Partnering for Success-- Broward County Public Schools
Building Bridges between Universities and a K-12 Urban School District: The Deans' Roundtable-- University of Colorado, Denver/Denver Public Schools
Hillsborough County Public Schools' Alternative Certification Program-- Hillsborough County Public Schools
Urban Leaders: Meeting the Challenges of Teacher Quality and Student Learning-- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Using Classroom Walkthrough to Guide and Monitor Professional Development-- Orange County Public Schools
Using Handhelds for Teacher Evaluations-- Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Mission Possible: Recruiting and Retaining Quality Teachers in Impacted Schools-- Guilford County Schools
The English Learner Support Teacher Program of the San Diego Unified School District-- San Diego Unified School District
Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Targeted Professional Development Within a Team-based Response to Intervention Model-- Miami-Dade County Public Schools