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Goal 2 - Strategy 2

**Strategy 2: The district will develolp strategies to welcome, train, support and assimilate the recent and projected dramatic increase in new and replacement staff.**


 * ** Activity Steps ** || **Accomplishments** || ** Next Steps ** || **Comments** ||
 * 1. Collaboratively align and implement staff development and induction with the district mission and curriculum objectives that identify, prioritize, and evaluate staff development needs.

2. Creatively allocate adequate time and resources for individuals and site-based collaboration that focuses on challenging all students to learn using a comprehensive range of strategies.

3. Purposeful staff development will be planned and communicated the year preceding implementation and will be assessed on a continual basis. This staff development shall focus on identified student learning needs through research-based programs, such as, but not limited to: Lesson Study, Vertical Teaming, Differentiated Instruction and program specific staff development training.

4. Provide ongoing in-service opportunities that are aligned with the district mission and strategic plan, teaching standards, curriculum objectives, or student achievement for teaching staff, support staff, district administrators, and school board members.

5. Create and m aintain a Staff Development Center for ongoing learning that encourages a sense of community among professionals throughout the district.

6. Explore a district teacher evaluation instrument that allows for multiple staff development options (peer observation, lesson study, video, book study etc.) for teachers to choose from based on state standards. || Meetings with staff held at each level. Five Year Professional Learning Plan developed. Induction program revised based on feedback of mentors, new teachers and principals.

Professional learning has taken a variety of formats including teams, grade/subject level groups, K-12 content groups and whole school groups.

Programs are planned and communicated in advance. My Learning Plan instituted to upgrade the ability to assess effectiveness of each program. Research-based programs and processes are sought for each professional learning opportunity.

Many programs now stretch over more than one year providing an opportunity for full implementation.

Programs offered and taken by most support staff.

The new Teacher Evaluation Program has a Goal Setting component. || Professional Learning Plan to be updated this year. Input will be sought from all staff.

Revised Induction program to provide increased in-classroom support.

Increase effort to provide content-based support for special area teachers.

Seek a new array of programs for support staff. ||  ||