{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Better Teaching: Only Stuff That Works","title":"From Six Teachers to a Movement: Building Professional Development That Lasts","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3778,"description":"From Six Teachers to a Movement: Building Professional Development That Lasts\nAbout This Episode\nMost professional development begins with enthusiasm and ends before it changes classroom practice. In this episode of Better Teaching: Only Stuff That Works, Gene Tavernetti talks with Suzannah Evans and Dr. Shane Saeed about the Science of Learning Collaborative in Colorado’s St. Vrain Valley School District.\nWhat began in 2019 as a small book study nearly disappeared during COVID-19, shrinking to six committed educators. Instead of giving up, Suzannah and Shane built a voluntary, sustained model of professional learning that now connects more than 100 teachers across a large district. They explain how the collaborative creates practical learning, peer accountability, teacher leadership, and a network where educators can test ideas in classrooms and return to learn from one another.\nThe conversation is a useful reminder that lasting professional learning does not require a massive initiative. It can begin with a few people, a worthwhile question, a small pilot, and enough patience to let the work spread through trust and word of mouth.\nWhat You’ll Learn\n\nWhy one-and-done professional development rarely produces lasting change.\nHow a six-person learning group grew into a district-wide collaborative.\nWhy voluntary participation can create stronger motivation and accountability.\nHow hybrid meetings, reflection, and classroom application support busy teachers.\nWays to build teacher leadership and a cross-school community of practice.\nHow to start small, choose an effective pilot group, and let results spread organically.\nChapters\n\n00:00 — Welcome and introducing Suzannah Evans and Shane Saeed\n02:37 — The Science of Learning Collaborative begins\n06:24 — From a 2019 book study to six teachers during COVID\n12:01 — Designing a flexible, sustained professional-learning model\n15:47 — Peer learning, accountability, and teacher leadership\n24:00 — Building momentum across a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VSXrwoUOSd2tDtIjeOHJdpEf8A1p87_Wq_-T3Iwockc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNmEx/NWNiM2YyNjE5MDRm/YmE5YzFiZDM3MGQ2/Mzg5Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}