File: GCL
PROFESSIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT
The Buena Vista
City School Board will provide a program of high-quality professional
development
(i)
in
the use and documentation of performance standards and evaluation criteria
based on student academic progress and skills for teachers and administrators
to clarify roles and performance expectations and to facilitate the successful
implementation of instructional programs that promote student achievement at
the school and classroom levels;
(ii)
as
part of the license renewal process, to assist teachers and principals in
acquiring the skills needed to work with gifted students, students with
disabilities, and students who have been identified as having limited English
proficiency and to increase student achievement and expand the knowledge and
skills students require to meet the standards for academic performance set by
the Board of Education;
(iii)
in
educational technology for all instructional personnel which is designed to
facilitate integration of computer skills and related technology into the
curricula, and
(iv)
for
administrative personnel designed to increase proficiency in instructional
leadership and management, including training in the evaluation and
documentation of teacher and administrator performance based on student
academic progress and the skills and knowledge of such instructional or
administrative personnel.
In
addition, the board will also provide teachers and principals with high-quality
professional development programs each year in
(i)
instructional content;
(ii)
the preparation of tests and other
assessment measures;
(iii)
methods for assessing the progress of
individual students, including Standards of Learning assessment materials or
other criterion-referenced tests that match locally developed objectives;
(iv)
instruction and remediation
techniques in English, mathematics, science, and history and social science;
(v)
interpreting test data for
instructional purposes; and
(vi)
technology applications to implement
the Standards of Learning
(vii)
effective classroom management
All
instructional personnel are required to participate each year in professional
development programs.
The
board will annually review its professional development program for quality,
effectiveness, participation by instructional personnel, and relevancy to the
instructional needs of teachers and the academic achievement needs of the
students in the school division.
Adopted: 06/27/05; 08/23/04; 6/28/07
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Legal Ref.: Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, §§ 22.1-78,
22.1-253.13:5.E, 22.1-253.13:5.G.
8VAC 20-450-10.
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