Teaching & Learning

DL2's research shows that Teaching & Learning (T&L) units of various sizes support equitable teaching and learning districtwide when they:

• Align and coordinate all their work to a common set of standards defining equitable teaching and learning with culturally responsive practices as integral parts.
• Help teachers collaborate with colleagues to lead their own learning throughout their day toward the district’s common teaching-and-learning standards.
• Strategically broker and selectively develop services and materials.
• Differentiate and deploy services based on strategic leverage points for adult learning in partnership with school leaders.

In the process, T&L leaders must let go of their long-standing ways of working that have generally seen few positive sustainable results due to competition between programs and content areas and the delivery of professional development to teachers largely outside their regular workday.