Staff Development Report2015

Creating College and Career Ready Graduates

All schools had an overarching focus on: ● Increasing reading proficiency● Increasing math proficiency● Increasing positive learning environments

District PD Areas of Focus 2014-15

• AVID• Equity• English Learners• Standards• Due Process• Project Based Learning• Arts• Co-Teaching • Honors/Pre-AP

• 21st Century Learning• Professional Learning Communities• Personalized Learning• Technology Integration: Flipped, Moodle, Schoology, Naviance, Promethean Boards• Instructional Strategies: Literacy and Math• Curriculum Development

437 Professional Development Sessions Offered

June 2014- June 2015

• To increase math proficiency by continued work in Cognitively Guided Instruction and technology integration.

• To provide grades K-2 with Region 11 Math and Science Teacher Academy Partnership coaching in effective teaching strategies of number sense.

• To work collaboratively among teachers in grades 3-5 to create common formative assessments and measure incremental growth.

2014-15 Staff Development Goal 1

• To close the achievement gap through ongoing training in Responsive Classroom/ Developmental Designs, equity, technology integration and AVID strategies.

2014-15 Staff Development Goal 2

• To implement effective strategies in reading in the content areas including PE/Health, Social Studies, and Science.

• To vertically align the English Language Arts Standards K-12.

• To effectively implement new literacy curriculum in grades 3-5 across the district.

2014-15 Staff Development Goal 3

•66% of students made medium to high growth in Math district-wide

•72% of students made medium to high growth in Reading district-wide Data based on MMR data released September 2, 2015

Impact on Student Learning

AVID strategies: Higher level questioning, note taking, organization

Districtwide Equity Teams: provided job embedded PD specific to closing the achievement gap

Collaboration and Co-Teaching

Professional Learning Communities

Schoolwide Reading and Writing Instructional Strategiesfacilitated by Literacy Leadership Teams

Math Instructional Strategies: Cognitively Guided Instruction

Personalized Learning

Consistent application of key strategies include:

Impact on Teacher Practice

1. College and Career Readiness

o Literacy

o Math

o AVID

2. 21st Century Life Skills

1. Closing the Achievement Gap

Looking Ahead: District-wide PD Areas of Focus 2015-16

Key Processes

● Peer Reviewers and principals working together to support new teacher evaluation system

● Teacher Leadership Teams● Equity Teams● Vertical Articulation Teams● Professional Learning Communities● On-going Individual Teacher Supports● Keep Certified PD Management System● Literacy and Math Partnerships with the University of MN

“Let us put our minds

together and see what life

we can make for our

children.”

-Sitting Bull