NIET's Arkansas Master Professional Educator Designation Pathway

Overview

The Arkansas Master Designation Pathway is a comprehensive, job-embedded professional learning program designed to develop experienced educators into content experts in literacy and math instruction. Through a five-day, three-series training model, participants build advanced expertise in analyzing student work, implementing high-impact, content-specific strategies, and engaging in reflective coaching practices. Delivered through a hybrid approach, the pathway integrates virtual instruction, a half-day of on-site coaching, and performance-based tasks to equip educators with the tools and knowledge to support instructional improvement and accelerate student learning in ELA and math.

Training Curriculum Structure

1) Student Work Analysis - Leveraging Evidence to Propel Student Learning

Focuses on analyzing student work to identify instructional trends, elevate teacher practice, and deepen expertise to identify opportunities to propel learning forward within ELA and Math lessons.

2) Strengthening Content-Specific Strategies for Learning Acceleration in Math and ELA

Explores how to analyze student data, analyze standards, and apply scaffolds that support access to grade-level content. Emphasis will be placed on selecting and modeling instructional strategies that increase student engagement, ownership, and critical thinking.

3) Reflective Coaching and Support - Driving Growth Through Adult Learning

Focuses on building coaching capacity through evidence-based reflection, trust-building, actionable feedback, and goal setting that improves instructional practice and student learning.

Logistics

• Training 3 Series - 5 virtual days
• Onsite support (3 hour support to be scheduled at later date)
• Performance Tasks - following each series field-based activities within their schools, including:
  • Analyzing student work to propel learning forward for students
  • Advancing student learning through the use of high-impact content-specific instructional strategies
  • Assessing impact through reflective cycles of instructional support

Why NIET?

NIET is a nonprofit with over 25 years of experience working in districts across the country, including in Arkansas. At the core of NIET’s work is the belief that all students deserve to be taught by an effective teacher. We have found that teacher leaders are a powerful lever for improving educator effectiveness and ensuring all students have opportunities for success.

Many teachers want to grow and make a broader impact without leaving the classroom. NIET’s training and support helps teachers to strengthen their own practice while at the same time developing instructional leadership skills to support colleagues and administrators and increase instructional excellence in their school communities. This career opportunity for teacher leaders helps schools and districts to better retain and engage effective teachers and support student success.

Rolling Timeline: Interested in this opportunity? Cooperative, district, or school leaders, please email Central Region Director Amy Gayle at agayle@niet.org to register participants.

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