[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][headings alignment=”” heading=”Professional Development Plan for 2022-2023″][vc_empty_space height=”90″][vc_column_text]Goal: Maintaining academic brilliance by persistent focus on learning and teaching in order to ensure that our methods are aligned with the 21st century learning standards, so that all students will possess and be able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and understanding required for future.

STRATEGY ACTIVITY PERFORMANCE MEASURE/DATA SOURCE
Continued work on curriculum mapping Revision and updates to pacing calendars and curriculum maps. Updates and revisions to curriculum maps and Benchmark Assessments based on assessment data.

Professional development and discussions regarding data informed decision-making.
Continue to raise staff awareness and build capacity for all students

 

 Ensure that all teachers have equitable access to and an understanding of designed curriculum, instructional practices, and resources.

Continue to support all teachers in determining the core science content, conceptual understandings, and practices for all students.

Support teachers so that they can provide opportunities for students.

 Continue to meet to review, develop and model lessons.

Continue to transition units of study to lessons reflective of NGSS.

Continue to explore and identify additional resources necessary to deliver Knowledge.
Continue to implement and support Practical teaching methods Work to ensure that all teachers have equitable access to instructional technology.

Continue to support teachers with the integration of technology to enhance teaching and learning.

 Continue to facilitate opportunities for staff sharing best practices regarding tech integration, teaching, and learning.

 

Supporting a range of professional development activities:

The school will offer a wide range of approaches to professional development. These include:

  1. In-school professional development using the expertise available within the school and collaborative activities like peer teaching, planning and assessment, work within a
  2. defined team, classroom observation, existing expertise, peer assessment and evaluation, collaborative enquiry and problem-solving, modelling, coaching and mentoring and engaging in a learning conversation and last but not the least reflection.
  3. job enrichment/enlargement (e.g. a higher level of responsibility, working closely with in someone else, content sharing, job rotation, shadowing, mentoring, leading meetings),
  4. Producing documentation or resources following the curriculum, teaching materials, assessment packs, multimedia presentations, handouts and reports.
  5. accessing an external trainer or relevant expert as and when required
  6. model and demonstration lessons
  7. collecting and assembling learner feedback, data and outcomes
  8. attendance at a lecture, course or conference
  9. inter branch visits to observe or participate in good and successful practice
  10. distance learning (e.g. webinars, seminars and online courses)
  11. Practical experience opportunities to present on a topic of interest, contribute to a training program, coordinating or supporting a learning group, coordination with a subject based team in school.
  12. External partnerships (e.g. with a peer, group, subject, or school-based team meetings and activities such as joint planning, special project working group.

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