A New Approach to PD—and Growing Leaders.

The article discusses an approach to professional development (PD) which involves the use of small teams that work together to deal with the defining work of teachers, and it mentions leaders and the Artisan Teaching Model that is being implemented at the Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science public school in the Bronx, New York. Teacher collaboration and instructional leadership are examined, along with teams comprised of teaching colleagues who teach the same subject.