Professional development should start with the change you want to see.

Strong professional learning isn't just about what educators learn. It's about what they are able to do differently afterward — and the systems districts build to help that change take hold.

Assess your district's readiness

START WITH THE OUTCOME

What needs to change?

01 Clarify the priority

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02 Assess the conditions

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03 Design the support

Built for Texas district and school leaders ~5 minute diagnostic Personalized recommendations

District Professional Development

District Professional
Development Readiness Tool

Get a personalized snapshot of your district's professional development needs — and practical next steps.

✓ Quick and easy — about 5 minutes

✓ Built around the conditions that move professional development into practice

✓ Receive a personalized readiness snapshot and recommendations

No obligation. Just insights to help move your work forward.

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Meaningful professional development creates the conditions for stronger educators, stronger schools, and better experiences for students.

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what's next.
together.

Professional Development Readiness

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What outcome are you most focused on changing?

Choose the primary priority driving your professional learning work.

Who needs to change practice for that outcome to improve?

Select all that apply.

What capabilities need to become stronger?

Select up to three.

What support will help sustain that change?

Select the supports your district needs most.

How will you know implementation is happening?

Select the signals you can currently use.

What internal capacity already exists?

Select all that apply.

Where would an external partner add the most value?

Select the areas where additional expertise or capacity would help.

Please select at least one response before continuing.

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Building Your Readiness Snapshot

Analyzing your district's
professional learning priorities.

Analyzing your district priorities...

Assessing professional learning readiness conditions...

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Your Primary Focus

Improve instructional practice

Strengthening teaching and learning across classrooms.

Readiness Level

Building Momentum

Your district has a strong foundation with clear opportunities to strengthen the systems that sustain change.

Existing Strength

Internal leadership capacity

Priority Opportunity

Connecting professional learning to implementation

Recommended Next Steps

Focus professional learning on the practice you want to change.

Build from the capacity you already have.

Design support for implementation, not just training.

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A Stronger Tomorrow
for Texas Schools

Customized
support.
Real-world
expertise.
Lasting
impact.

Relay + Teaching Lab help districts connect professional learning to the work educators and leaders do every day.

Keep Your Results

From Insight to Action

Your results are a starting point — not a scorecard.

Strong professional learning strategies connect the change a district wants to see with the people, capabilities, systems, and support needed to make that change possible.

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Clarify the priority

Start with the outcome you want to improve and identify whose day-to-day practice ultimately needs to change.

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Understand the conditions

Look beyond training alone to the leadership, coaching, measurement, and implementation conditions that will sustain change.

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Focus the partnership

Build from the expertise that already exists inside your district and bring in external support where it can create the greatest leverage.

Our approach

The measure of professional learning isn't what happens in the session.

It's what educators and leaders are able to do differently afterward — and whether the system around them helps that change take hold.

HOW CHANGE TAKES HOLD

Professional development is only the beginning.

Lasting improvement happens when learning is connected to practice, implementation, feedback, and continuous adjustment.

TEACHER PIPELINE & EARLY-CAREER SUCCESS

Build the pipeline, preparation, and support educators need to enter the profession and thrive.

Learn

Build shared knowledge and develop the capabilities connected to the district's priority.

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Practice

Give educators and leaders opportunities to rehearse, apply, and refine new skills.

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Apply

Move learning into the real work of classrooms, schools, and district systems.

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Coach

Reinforce practice through observation, feedback, coaching, and leader support.

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Measure + Adjust

Look for evidence of implementation, learn from what is happening, and refine the strategy.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP

Keep developing the people, leadership and systems that make improvement sustainable.

Grow

Strengthen educator practice and professional growth at every career stage.

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Lead

Build the instructional leadership skills that help leaders strengthen teaching and learning across schools.

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Scale

Equip system leaders to expand what works, align strategy, and create lasting districtwide impact.

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One educator lifecycle. One connected workforce strategy.

From aspiring teachers to system leaders, we help districts build the people, practice and leadership capacity required for sustained improvement.

TEXAS PARTNERSHIPS

Built alongside districts. Proven in practice.

Every district's context is different. Our work starts with the priorities, people, and systems already in place — then builds the support required to move from strategy to implementation.

Round Rock ISD

Case Study: Campus Improvement in Texas

Round Rock ISD partnered with Relay to support nine campuses through customized coaching, with seven improving and five moving up a letter grade.

Read the case study

La Joya ISD

Investing in people. Strengthening classrooms.

How La Joya ISD is providing preparation and support to improve retention
and student outcomes.

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YOUR TEXAS TEAM

Already here. Already doing the work.

Our Texas team brings together expertise across educator preparation, professional learning, leadership development, instructional practice, and district partnership. Start with your challenge — we'll help you determine what support makes sense.

Wesley Kline, M.Ed.

Managing Director, Texas Partnerships

Christopher Garcia

Managing Partner Relay Professional Education

Kim Karacalidis

Texas Director, Partner Success

Dani Rice

Account Executive, Partnerships

Dr. Carla Silva