
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) emphasizes that professional development and ongoing professional learning “are an integral part of school and local educational agency strategies for providing educators (including teachers, principals, other school leaders, specialized instructional support personnel, paraprofessionals, and, as applicable, early childhood educators) with the knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to succeed in a well-rounded education and to meet the challenging State academic standards.”
This section provides educators with best practice resources, tools, webinars, and links to professional support organizations that support them in providing rigorous evidence-based learning within a safe and healthy school environment can be found in this section.