Podcast
The Continuing Educator
Clark County School District’s Professional Learning story, with Angela Morton and Lindsay Prendergast
October 4, 2022
Description
For episode 4, we head to Las Vegas and the nation’s fifth largest school district. NWEA and Clark County School District are longtime partners who recently engaged on developing a robust and holistic professional learning program that could have major implications for school districts throughout the country. Two members of the NWEA professional learning team, Angela Morton and Lindsay Prendergast, join us to give their stories of how the program took shape and their perspective on how it’s helping educators and kids in Las Vegas.
Topics: Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning
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