The District is committed to providing quality training for teachers. Facilitators will plan, conduct, and evaluate the Professional Educator courses from August through December 2008. Professional Educator courses include Action Research, Clinical Education, Effective Classroom Management, New Teacher Induction, Professional Learning Communities, Support Team Training, and others. Agreements for Technical Service have been prepared for the attached list of training facilitators. Enrollment in these professional educator courses varies during the year based on teacher needs. In order to effectively provide training, permission is requested to add and/or delete facilitators as needed, not to exceed the budgeted amount of $50,000.

Student Achievement: Demonstrate consistent and effective teaching methods; Human Resources: Recruit, develop, and retain a highly effective, diverse workforce.

Funds of $50,000 are included in the Staff Development Budget, Projects 1580 and 4502.

Course evaluations are completed at the conclusion of each training. The results of the evaluation will be captured through the Professional Development System. Feedback from facilitators is used to continuously revise and update the course content. In addition, new teachers attending the New Teacher Induction courses will be monitored to determine retention rate and impact of courses on student achievement.