PISD Professional Development

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PISD Professional Development

• District Academic Advisory Council
• Update

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Professional Development Purpose

• Engage every educator in on-going, effective
  professional learning so that every student
  achieves.
• Each Child, Their Future, Our World

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Summer Professional Development

• Each teacher is required to attend one
  contractual day (6 hours) as agreed to with their
  campus administrator.
• PISD offerings
• Diversity Conference August 6- CHS
• PISD PD Conference August 10 to14- HHS
• Capturing Kids Hearts June August sessions
• All middle schools teachers

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Professional Development Conference Strands

• Focused Curriculum
• Effective Initial Instruction
• Data Based Decisions for Learning
• Classroom and School Environments
• Specialized Training Enriching Experiences

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Campus Professional Development

• Ongoing, sustained campus focus
• Each school selects needed support based on
  student achievement data and campus readiness
• Curriculum and Instruction Department will
  develop modules
• Campus may choose to use district provided
  presenters or use campus staff

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AugustProfessional Development

• Start of school-August 17-24 Campus selected
  sessions and workdays
• Required sessions
• Science Safety training
• New English Language Arts TEKS
• All English teachers
• Revised Curriculum based on new TEKS

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and beyond.

• Embedded and sustained
• Collaborative planning
• Instructional coaching
• Faculty meetings
• Department meetings
• Academic year PD days
• September 21
• November 11
• February 12

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What is next?

• Strengthen PISD culture of continuous learning
• Establish PISD best practice agreements
• Develop agreed upon classroom competencies
• Offer professional development to assist in
  mastery of competencies
• Move away from seat time to classroom use of
  best practices

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Why?

• Consistent with National Staff Development
  Council Standards
• We are a learning organization
• When adults stop learning, students will not
  learn as well, no matter how high the level of
  achievement

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Questions?