Professional Development

Novel’s experiential professional development sessions feature a See-Name-Do format, ensuring that participants get ample application and practice time to put their learning into action. All sessions, whether designed to be teacher-facing or leader-facing, are designed along a developmental arc of the year and support making fast gains with the Novel ELA curriculum.

Teacher-Facing Professional Development for Leaders:

Our teacher-facing PD gives you everything you need to launch your Novel adoption strong and continue the learning throughout the school year. We run a series of four “Novel Leader Institutes” in a Train the Trainer setting throughout the school year. Typically, we deliver these modules via webinar to school leaders, who then internalize them, tailor them for their school context, and then “turnkey” them to teachers when they get professional learning time. Our teacher sessions are designed along a developmental arc of the year; see an outline of Novel Leader Institutes here.

The best leader development we offer is through our Novel Intensive Coaching service, which involves weekly (or bi-weekly) leadership coaching, site visits, and responding to data on the ground at your schools to optimize the impact of the Novel curriculum.