Professional Development and Student Achievement

What is professional development? Professional development is defined as “the process of improving staff skills and competencies needed to produce outstanding educational results for students” (Hassel, 1999).

2016-2017 Professional Development Opportunities Six Days Prior To The Start Of The Year Two Full Days (1 in October and 1 in March) Six Late Starts (2 hours of learning time each)

Start of the year days: One day is for middle school orientation, kinder camp, etc In the remaining five days, teachers must: Have their rooms ready for Supply Drop-off Create their syllabus, team pages, etc Lesson plan for the first two weeks Team build

Start of the year days: In the remaining five days, teachers must: Receive mandatory training for CPS, IC, Special Education, 504, MTSS, Handbook, Strengths Finder CHAMPS training Aquos training Team & Department meetings

Start of the year days: In the remaining five days, teachers must: Transition meetings Safety training Medical training Character Education & RJ Data meetings Landing pages & websites

What does the research say? Teachers who spend 24 hours during the course of the school year in intensive, sustained subject specific professional development can increase student achievement by 21 points. (Meta-analysis by REL, 2007)

What does the research say? Research and experience help us recognize that high-quality ongoing professional development that deepens teachers’ content knowledge and pedagogical skills; provides opportunities for practice, research, and reflection; and includes efforts that are job embedded, sustained, and collaborative will assist in the goal to remain up-to-date (Sparks, 2002).

What does the research say? Ongoing, job-embedded, collaborative, professional learning that is proven to be highly effective overseas is not widely used across the United States. (Meta-analysis by REL, 2007)

Contact days compared to area schools *170 Flagstaff *173 Twin Peaks *164 Peak to Peak *174 SVVSD

Using 17-18 proposed calendar days... Elementary Middle Flagstaff 430 mins / day 445 mins / day St Vrain Valley 390 mins / day 405 mins / day Peak 2 Peak Twin Peaks 420 mins / day

Over the course of the school year... Elementary Middle Flagstaff 1218 hours 1261 hours St Vrain Valley 1131 hours 1174 hours Peak 2 Peak 1175 hours Twin Peaks 1211 hours Per CDE, requirements are 968 annual contact hours for ES and 1056 annual contact hours for MS.

Which gives Flagstaff students... Elementary Students have 87 more contact hours than SVVSD, 43 more contact hours than P2P, and 7 more contact hours than Twin Peaks. Middle School Students have 87 more contact hours than SVVSD, 86 more contact hours than P2P, and 50 more contact hours than Twin Peaks.

What do our teachers want (and need)... TIME!

Time for... Vertical Department Meetings Grade Level Meetings Instructional Training Data Analysis

Professional development in... Elementary Math Instruction Reading Instruction Tier I Interventions

Professional development in... Middle Subject Specific Instruction Tier I Interventions