The mission of the Office of Professional Development is to
maximize achievement for all students by ensuring dynamic and
comprehensive professional learning opportunities for every
staff member.
STANDARDS for
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING (Learning Forward, 2011)
Learning Communities:
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and
results for all students occurs within learning communities
committed to continuous improvement, collective responsibility,
and goal alignment.
Leadership:
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and
results for all students requires skillful leaders who develop
capacity, advocate, and create support systems for professional
learning.
Resources:
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and
results for all students requires prioritizing, monitoring, and
coordinating resources for educator learning.
Data:
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and
results for all students uses a variety of sources and types of
student, educator, and system data to plan, assess, and evaluate
professional learning.
Learning
Designs: Professional learning that increases
educator effectiveness and results for all students integrates
theories, research, and models of human learning to achieve its
intended outcomes.
Implementation: Professional learning that
increases educator effectiveness and results for all students
applies research on change and sustains support for
implementation of professional learning for long term change.
Outcomes: Professional
learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for
all students aligns its outcomes with educator performance and
student curriculum standards.
