Fayetteville Public Schools

Professional Learning is an integral part of providing educators with the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure the effectiveness of our teachers and to ensure our students succeed in a well-rounded education. Fayetteville Public Schools will provide high-quality professional learning focused on teaching and learning to all instructional staff. We believe educators improve their practice by engaging in continuous learning and development to further improve quality and evidence-based educational instructional strategies, methods and skills. Professional learning will: focus on students, be based on student data, incorporate an individual's professional needs identified through TESS or LEADs, demonstrate evidence-based best practice, develop team collaboration, include collective inquiry, be action oriented, be subject-specific and site-specific as often as possible, focus on continuous improvement and be results-driven.

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After graduating from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville with a Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration, Lisa Davis went back to school to earn her M.A.T. in Middle School Education and Master's in Educational Leadership.

Lisa Davis is the current Director of Professional Learning for Fayetteville Public Schools. Before this opportunity she was a middle school principal for six years and an assistant principal for one year. She served as a middle school and high school teacher for nine years as well as an adjunct professor in Educational Studies for three years and a Middle Level Instructional Technology Coach for four years.

Lisa serves on the board for AAMLE and the University of Arkansas Teacher Education Board. She has completed all three phases of the Arkansas Leadership Academy's Master Principal Institute and helped support her students and colleagues as they received redesignation as an Arkansas Diamond School to Watch from the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform in 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2021.

Her passion as an educator is to ensure high levels of learning for all students as they realize their personal potential as well as their role as a contributor to the great community. She firmly believes we achieve more when we work collaboratively while encouraging and challenging each other professionally. The foundation of a highly effective culture is an emphasis on building relationships, creating authentic, innovative educational experiences, having a student-centered focus, and continuously learning and growing in our profession.