Ongoing Professional Development for Staff

The goal of professional development (PD) for educators is improvement: Improved instructional strategies, improved teaching, and improved outcomes for students.

Development starts with creating a professional learning plan that addresses five main areas:

1. Active learning
2. Skill development
3. Collaboration
4. Content-focused
5. Support and coaching

Professional development is provided offered through:

• Classroom visitations
• School visits
• Self-directed learning/tutorials
• Afterschool sessions
• Half-day and full-day workshops offered in-house by teachers/administrators and off-campus through partner organizations
• Grade-level and department work sessions
• Monthly faculty meetings
• Building and district-wide “un-conferences”
• Regional, state, and national conferences

Partner Organizations

In addition to the use of in-district experts, we will collaborate with the following organizations to provide professional development:

• Potsdam Teachers’ Learning Center
• St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES
• SUNY Potsdam
• Northeastern Regional Information Center (NERIC)
• New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education (NYSCATE)
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)