1. Professional Learning Initiatives Overview

2. Professional Learning in PCSD
The BOE and the PDTA are committed to supporting ongoing professional learning for all staff that:
Is aligned with district, building, and individual goals
Is standards-based, job embedded, supported by data
Creates a collaborative culture that focuses on student achievement

3. The PDTA Contract
Beginning in , professional staff members are required to
participate in 12 hours of
professional learning annually.

4. Professional Learning Initiatives
There are three types of professional learning that will fulfill the 12 hour requirement:
District Initiatives
Building Level Initiatives
Individual Initiatives [with principal’s approval]

5. District Initiatives include:
Assessment
Analysis of data & student work to inform instruction
Standards-based planning & instruction
Using technology to support instruction
Social Emotional Learning
Literacy with an emphasis on writing

6. District Initiatives include:
Conceptual understandings in mathematics
Developing, testing, and refining protocols for professional learning
Differentiation
Co-teaching
RTI and IST Training
Special Needs Committee topics

7. Elective Offerings
The Teacher Center will continue to offer professional learning experiences beyond those that are identified as “initiatives.”
Participation in those courses will not count toward the required hours, but may receive pay. [according to PDTA contract]

8. Teacher Center Registration
The Teacher Center catalogs and online registration system are available in WinCap PD.
NOTE:
The Professional Learning Initiatives catalog contains those courses that will meet the contractual requirement.
The Electives catalog contains courses that do not meet the contractual requirement.