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Executive Overview

The Professional Development (Growth) Department is committed to working in unison with
all departments and schools to provide, promote, and monitor high quality professional
learning that supports improved job performance for all employees. All professional
training/coaching provided will correlate to the Marzano Instructional Framework and/or
Marzano School Leaders Framework in order to increase student achievement. In addition,
this department will assist with all required reports at the District, State, and Federal level.

Throughout our school District, training for both instructional and non-instructional
employees is offered by departments using different models: in-person, virtual or online,
blended, video-on-demand, and video conferencing. Training opportunities for all employees
are housed in one central online system. Currently, the District uses PeopleSoft’s eLearning
Management (eLM) system to track professional development data for all of its employees.
More specifically, employees utilize eLM to enroll in professional development opportunities,
access course content, submit evidence of the completion of their training, and provide
feedback information for the purpose of program evaluation. The eLM system is designed to
ensure that our District’s Master In-service Plan remains in compliance with the Florida
Department of Education’s requirements for professional development standards and re-
certification requirements.

Centralized Training Management

To increase efficiencies in the training process, a centralized training management system
that will provide an integrated environment for business processes (including, but not
limited to the management of in-service records in a manner which fulfills State protocol
requirements), content development, and training delivery is essential. Centralizing these
functions will not only improve tracking and recording of training data, but also will be easier
for stakeholders to seek out the training they need and register for it. Training management
will also require the development of a training catalog of all courses targeted for certification
updates, course descriptions, targeted audience, dates, locations, and applicable
professional development points.

Professional Development Strategies for Teachers and School-Based

& District Stakeholders
Our professional development strategy for teachers and school-based and District
stakeholders include the utilization of successful schools and programs as “best practice"
models.

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