Professional Development Schedule

The 2002/2003 Professional Development Days and their proposed uses are noted below. This schedule maintains the integrity of Article 8, specifically sections 8-1-2-1 and 8-1-2-2 of our new Teacher Partnership/Agreement, and recognizes the importance of both school and district initiatives. You will be provided with information about district initiated professional trainings weeks ahead of time. You can be assured that literacy and math will be a focus of many of these sessions, in order to support the district's push for achievement, and it is our goal to give the necessary attention to other content areas as well.

September 27
Continuous / Traditional
School Site Initiatives up to 6 hours

October 21
Continuous / Traditional
District Initiatives up to 6 hours

January 6
Continuous / Traditional
District Initiatives up to 6 hours

April 7
Continuous
School Site Initiatives up to 3 hours
District initiatives up to 3 hours

April 18
Traditional
School Site Initiatives up to 3 hours
District Initiatives up to 3 hours

Student/Teacher/Parent/Guardian Conference Days have been built into the district schedule for this year. On the designated conference days, school staffs may adjust the teacher reporting hours for the day to better align with the scheduling needs of parents/guardians.

October 4
CONFERENCES (continuous) (_ day students, _ conferences)

October 22
CONFERENCES (traditional) see above

February 18
CONFERENCES (traditional) see above

March 14
CONFERENCES (continuous) (_ day students, _ conferences)

FOR CONTINUOUS CALENDAR SCHOOLS ONLY, you need to add two more _ day conferences to your schedule. We suggest October 3 and March 13 For providing the two extra half-days, CONTINUOUS CALENDAR SCHOOLS ONLY will use Friday, May 23 as a non-school day.

Please note that on the first two school days of the year, four hours are provided for school site initiatives, and four hours for additional teacher planning. The last day of school provides for four hours of teaching and four hours of individual teacher planning.