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The RESPOND project investigates and analyses the complex relationship between teacher professional development and school development as a professional learning environment. It proposes a framework with a series of tools designed to promote ways in which each of these levels can be mutually sustaining. The RESPOND Teacher Professional Profile for Global Competence and Portfolio enable users of the tool to focus on transversal and specific skills and monitor their development within teachers' professional profiles as their careers progress. The RESPOND Teacher Professional Development Support Guidelines, the RESPOND School Development as a Professional Learning Environment and the RESPOND Promoting and Monitoring Sustainability Indexes enable users of these tools to focus on action areas and specific action steps and build action plans designed to promote change.
The RESPOND framework is intended for staff in faculties of education involved in initial and continuous teacher education programs, as well as those involved in the provision of continuing professional development, advisory groups or individuals with this role in regional or national contexts, teacher professional associations, the inspectorate, senior management in schools and staff from all curricular areas.

Davide Capperucci is Associate Professor of Experimental Pedagogy at the University of Florence. His research focuses on quantitative and qualitative methods of educational research, instructional and curriculum design, learning assessment, school self-evaluation and quality assurance. He directs the Master's degree program in School Management and Inclusive Education. He has coordinated and participated in several projects funded by the European Union (RESPOND, DIGI ESSA 4 SCHOOLS, SENSEI, AIDA, BRIDGE-ELT Projects).

Martin Dodman, is a Lecturer in Ecology at the University of the Valle d'Aosta in Italy. He is coeditor of the journal Visions for Sustainability published by the University of Turin, Italy. His work is concerned with the study of the relationship between ecology, biocultural diversity and sustainability. He is particularly interested in the ecology of language, the ecology of learning processes and environments and the ecology of professional development.