What is high quality professional development?
High quality professional development is on-going, sustained opportunities to develop knowledge and skills to teach all children effectively. In our district, the following activities are examples of high quality professional development: • Four Block Balanced Literacy Workshops • After School technology integration workshops provided at the technology center • Math Curriculum Teams • Dynamic Curriculum Teams • Middle School Language Arts Curriculum Workshops • School Level PLCs (Professional Learning Committees) • School Level Book Studies • RTI Training • Assessment Data and Instructional Analysis Workshops • Counselor Workshops • Literacy Workshops (Funded by Niswonger) • Writing Assessment Strategies Workshops • Departmental Workshops • Grade Level Workshops • New Teacher Induction Program • Pre-School and Kindergarten Workshops • District Professional Development Workshops • Social Studies Curriculum Workshops • Science Curriculum Workshops • Special Education Professional Develop
