Recommendation 7: Instruction

Recommendation Manager

Julye Mizelle, Area Superintendent: South Central Region

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Strategic Directive

Linked to Retain, Recruit, and Train

The Auditors Recommended:

“Establish a plan for centralized professional development that provides for coordinated training in the essential competencies necessary for effective delivery of the written curriculum, including institutionalization of expectations for instructional best practices and monitoring. Revise the teacher appraisal program to focus on implementation of district expectations and to provide teachers with constructive feedback to improve classroom performance.” (p.367)

What This Means To The Community:

Auditors recommend that WCPSS establishes a plan for centralized professional development that provides for coordinated training in the essential skills necessary for effective delivery of the written curriculum. That plan should also define what our desired best practices are and monitor their implementation. Teacher appraisals should provide teachers with constructive, concrete feedback to improve classroom performance.

Individual Action Steps

A.7.1 Recommend to the Board policies that reflect a comprehensive professional development program for all employees to support the design and the delivery of the curriculum. (p. 368)
A.7.2 Develop administrative procedures to implement policies. (See listed guidelines.) (p. 368)
A.7.3 Assign responsibility for all professional development to OCIPD. (p. 369)

G. 7.4 Direct the Supt. To devise a long-range professional development plan.

A.7.4 Develop a district long-range professional development plan under the direction of OCIPD. It should include the criteria of a sound professional development program and address deficiencies in Finding 3.3. (p. 369)

A.7.5 Align the professional development plan with all district plans and school improvement plans. (p. 369)
A.7.6 Update all job descriptions to include professional development responsibilities. (p. 369)
A.7.7 Update all supervisory job descriptions to include monitoring responsibilities for implementation of the written curriculum. (p. 369)
A.7.8 Align training with curriculum, plans, achievement results, and performance evaluation data. (p. 369)
A.7.9 Determine mandatory training and set the schedule and content. Hold individuals accountable through their annual performance evaluations. (p. 370)
A.7.10 Mandate district-wide training for all supervisory personnel in district monitoring techniques and procedures. (p. 370)
A.7.11 Analyze how training will be delivered. Trainers should report directly to OCIPD. They should receive extensive training. (p. 370)
A.7.12 Determine the methodology to be utilized in conducted professional development trainings. (p. 370)
A.7.13 Monitor the professional development plan as an ongoing process. (p. 370)
A.7.14 The plan and training will require analysis and use of teacher and student data. (p. 371)
A.7.15 Implement Board Policy 3230: Create a regulation requiring evaluators to provide teachers with detailed performance feedback and guidance. (p. 371)

G.7.5 Direct the Supt to provide quarterly reports.

A.7.16 Present an annual report to the Board regarding impact of professional development and teacher appraisal on student achievement. (p. 371)

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Item numbers that begin with "A" are action steps assigned to staff by the CMA.
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