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Summer 2010 Staff Development

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STAFF DEVELOPMENT
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"If states want teachers to radically change their results to get all students achieving, they must give teachers tools, support, and training to radically change their practice."
--A National Plan for Improving Professional Development


Mission
Professional Development will assist certified and non-certified staff in the Rockford Public Schools to develop skills and knowledge for the purpose of increasing achievement for all students.
"Teacher capacity-building has been found to be the most productive investment for schools...." --Greenwald, Hedges, & Laine


Guiding Priciples
Professional Development will...
  • focus on what all students are to learn and how they best learn it.
  • be driven by data analysis of differences between what all students should know and do and student performance demonstrated by multiple sources of outcomes.
  • be based on Illinois Learning Standards.
  • develop understanding of educational equity.
  • involve staff in identification of what they need to learn to improve teacher effectiveness.
  • develop a District culture that supports continuous learning.
  • be primarily school-based with additional District-wide support.
  • utilize collaborative problem-solving research and action groups.


  • Customer Service Standards
  • Customer Service Standards

  • Gracious communication, timely responses, and meaningful assistance are trademarks of good customer service. Rockford Public Schools is dedicated to its core mission of educating students and operating in an environment of excellent customer service for all stakeholders – students, parents, community members, and employees. We believe all of our stakeholders, our customers; have the right to respect, safety, appropriate assistance, honesty, and competency regardless of age, race, color, creed, disability, marital status, military status, religious affiliation, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or any other protected class.


    Professional Development
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