One School’s Experience With Hypothesis Focused Professional Growth Plans

<p>Why might, "what’s your hypothesis?”be a better question to ask than, "what’s your goal?" A business article suggested that hypotheses create more organizational learning. Several schools have been experimenting with building teachers’ professional growth plans (PGPs) around a hypothesis that the teacher wants to explore. In this conversation, you will hear from a director of teaching and learning who shares her experiences at the end of her school’s first year’s implementation of hypothesis focused PGPs. </p> <p>E-mail Marina: <a href='mailto:mmacdonald@acst.net'>mmacdonald@acst.net</a> <a href='https://www.acst.net/'>Visit the American Cooperative School of Tunis website.</a> <a href='https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/why-hypotheses-beat-goals/'>Read the article, "Why Hypotheses Beat Goals" here.</a></p> <p> </p>