PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES
October 2, 2001

Members present:  T. Moore, J. Galbraith, L. Cress, M. J. Kinman, G. Justice

    We discussed Professional Development funds for classified staff and reimbursement for parents.  Classified staff may be paid stipends at their current hourly rate for professional development activities.

    Requests may not be approved for several reasons.  Parents may not be paid stipends, but may be reimbursed for expenses and fees for training or related committee work.  For more information, contact Professional Development.

    Budgeting for the 2001-2002 year was discussed.  Funds must be spent by April/May 2002.  We do not know our exact funding allowance at this point.  Professional Development will use a portion of the funds to purchase a set of tapes from a series called “Teach Me Japanese”. 

    Upcoming Professional Development offerings and information are now available.  There are several from which to choose.  Contact Professional Development for more information

A.      Critical Thinking

B.       Sexual Harassment

C.       Limited number of county-wide inservices on literacy

D.      Coming soon:  Registration for inservice on line

E.       Practical Living Core Content:  Make It Exciting, Effective, and Bring Those Scores Up

F.       Impact II Adaptor Grants

G.       Summer Teaching in China Opportunity

H.      Great Leaps Training

   The Consolidated Plan was discussed.  It was determined that there should be an ESL component developed and included the plan.