Planning for Professional Development in the School Improvement Plan Process Larry Rowan, Assistant for Professional Development and Standards

* The School Improvement Plan (SIP) is a school community effort between administration, teachers, and School Advisory Council (SAC). * The School Improvement Plan is a living/working document that should be altered to meet the school’s strategies throughout the school year. * The school improvement process should be part of how the school operates daily

 All Subjects, Topics, Areas are important  Your School Improvement Plan will reflect the greatest needs for Professional Development.  The School Improvement Process should drive your planning for Professional Development.  When you pull the stakeholders, data and other pieces together the plan will develop itself.

 ODMS – Osceola Data Management System  Employee Assessments  Discipline Reports – SESIR and Local  IPDP – Individual Professional Development Plans  Safety Audits, Reports or Studies  Professional Learning Communities  Action Research  Attendance Reports  Climate/Parent Surveys  Steering Committee Reports  Last years SIP

1. Each group has been given some sample IPDPs, Employee Assessment Rating Distributions and a sample Math ODMS report. 2. Take 3-5 minutes to individually process the data. 3. Individually, based upon the data shared, identify three areas of weakness (i.e., ratios, classroom management, etc) where training might help. Record each idea on a separate Post-It Note. 4. Walk around the room placing your Post It Notes on the chart paper on the wall of the room that best describes that training need – i.e., Ratios on the Math chart. Repeat that for each Post It.

 After all of the Post It Notes have been placed on the chart paper, review the common areas…what are your Ah-Has? Those items which appear most often are the topics for your Professional Development Plan. Math Student Conduct ReadingWriting

The key to school improvement is not just knowing what the child didn’t learn, but what we are going to do about it. We must believe all students can and must learn.