LCSD Professional Development Plan The Lansing School Community will work to educate and motivate all students to achieve their personal best in a caring and safe environment. We, as educators, parents, community leaders and families, will inspire our students to be knowledgeable, responsible, healthy and compassionate citizens. Lansing CSD 2010 Strategic Plan Mission Statement

PDP Team and Process Representative Team ▫Elementary School – Dawn Blanchard (Teacher), Christine Rebera (Teacher Librarian) ▫Middle School – Francesca Crannell (Teacher), Stacie Kropp (Teacher, LFA President), Kathy McHugh (Teacher Librarian) ▫High School – Shannon Maxson (Teacher) ▫Administration – Chris Pettograsso (Principal) ▫Central Office – Dr. Stephen Grimm (Superintendent), Lauren Faessler (Coord. for Curr., Inst., Assess.) ▫Parents – Patricia Thomas Monthly meetings since February 2011 ▫Review of NYS regulations ▫Analysis of plan models ▫Determination of local priorities ▫Review of current research on effective PD ▫Collaborative writing of sections Next Steps ▫Board of Education approval process ▫Annual review of PD Plan ▫APPR planning

Needs Assessment Sources ▫NYS Assessment results ▫NYS School Report Cards ▫LCSD Strategic Plan – survey data and goals ▫Race to the Top Grant priorities ▫State and Federal policy demands ▫Gap Analyses

Needs Assessment Priority Goals ▫Common Core State Standards Alignment ▫Local curriculum articulation across grade levels, mastery benchmarking, and the development of shared benchmarking assessments ▫Practice with research supported instructional best practices (especially with concern for improved academic success for students with disabilities and students from low income families) ▫Improved academic outcomes for students with disabilities, especially through effective co-teaching and differentiated instructional practice ▫Inquiry Team development ▫Increased instructional technology integration

Strategies and Activities Problem solving Inquiry Experimentation Collaboration Reflection Data inquiry, learning from student work, collegial circles, action research, education coursework, curriculum development, visit schools, Critical Friends, professional reading, program development, peer coaching, delivering PD, National Board Certification, maintaining a portfolio, co-teaching/planning, mentoring, presenting at conferences, serving on regional and state level professional teams, etc.

Pathways to Strategies and Activities RegionalDistrictBuildingIndividual BOCES School Library System Literacy Leaders Professional Learning Community Math Coaches Network Data Coaches Network District Departmental team meetings Superintendent’s conference days Curriculum Council meetings Grade-level team meetings Departmental team meetings Faculty meetings Content team meetings Literacy teams Inquiry teams Sabbaticals College coursework (3 credits = 45 hours)

Mentoring Program Purpose ▫Assist new teachers with transition from preparation to practice Who receives mentoring? ▫Level 1: new teacher with a initial or provisional certification and fewer than 3 years of full time teaching experience ▫Level 2: has a professional or permanent certification and more than 3 years of full time teaching experience Selection and Oversight Committee ▫Select mentors and pair mentors with teacher interns ▫Advises the program coordinator Program Coordinator ▫Oversees the mentoring program ▫Facilitates mentoring meetings Mentor Training - Mentor role ▫All mentors attend training ▫Guide and support interns and their professional growth Intern role ▫Attend new teacher classes and mentor meetings ▫Practice professional reflection

Evaluation Based on Livonia CSD’s adaptation of Thomas Gurskey’s, Evaluating Professional Development 4 Levels of increasing relevance and complexity ▫Participant’s reactions : survey, focus groups, etc. ▫Organization support and change: district communications, structured interviews ▫Participant’s use of new learning: observations, student work, survey ▫Student learning: student work, observations

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