POLICY 6.4

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY

PURPOSE

Professional Development (PD) shall consist of activities and experiences which enable educators to apply knowledge, understanding, skills, and abilities to achieve personal, professional, and organizational goals and to facilitate th learning of students. PD programs shall be designed to improve the instruction in the school.

ACTIVITIES

PD shall consist of the following activities with the prior approval of the PD committee:

Conferences

Workshops

Focused training in specific areas

Skill improvement through demonstrations, practice, feedback, or support

Research and development of instructional practices

Seminars

Skill development in parent-teacher conferencing

Train the trainer sessions

Facilitated planning and design sessions

Facilitated curriculum planning and alignment activities or any other activity or experience approved in advance by the SBDM Council.

MEMBERSHIP

The PD Committee shall consist of the PD Coordinator who serves as chair of the committee and teachers and parents selected by the principal.

RESPONSIBILITIES

These procedures and any subsequent modifications will become effective upon approval by the SBDM Council. By and upon approval of these procedures, the SBDM Council delegates authority to approve PD expenditures and certify professional development credit to the PD Coordinator in conjunction with the PD Committee.

The PD Coordinator in conjunction with the PD Committee shall administer the PD procedures as approved by the SBDM Council.

The PD Coordinator in conjunction with the PD Committee will approve and certify individual requests according to the approved procedures and applicability of the request to the goals and objectives of the Stonewall Consolidated Plan. The PD Coordinator in conjunction with the PD Committee may refer any action (including, but not limited to: granting PD credit; expenditures of PD funds; and organizing PD training) to the SBDM Council for clarification or resolution when in the opinion of the Committee or Coordinator, there is not a clear application of a PD procedure or a Stonewall goal or objective.

The PD Coordinator will prepare a budget at the start of the school year which shall include all planned funding, all currently available funding, current monthly expenditures by category and total yearly expenditures by category. This shall be reported to the SBDM Council monthly.

The PD Committee will submit a report on all PD activity to the SBDM Council on a monthly basis.

The PD Coordinator will work with the faculty and staff to insure that all PD training requirements are met in a timely manner.

The PD Coordinator will insure that all actions are done within state, district, and KERA regulations.

Adopted: 12-1-7-96