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MSDC embraces and advocates for high quality Professional Development as defined by the National Staff Development Council NSDC DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT- The term 'professional development' means a comprehensive, sustained and intensive approach to improving teachers' and principals' effectiveness in raising student achievement -

(A) Professional development fosters collective responsibility for improved student performance and must be comprised of professional learning that -

  1. is aligned with rigorous state student academic achievement standards, as well as related local educational agency and school improvement goals;

  2. is conducted among learning teams of educators, including teachers, paraprofessionals and other instructional staff at the school;

  3. is facilitated by well-prepared school principals and/or school-based professional development coaches, mentors, master teachers or other teacher leaders;

  4. occurs primarily multiple times per week or the equivalent of several hours per week; and

  5. engages established learning teams of educators in a continuous cycle of improvement that -

    1. analyzes student, teacher and school learning needs through a thorough review of data on teacher and student performance;

    2. defines a clear set of educator learning goals based on the rigorous analysis of the data;

    3. achieves the educator learning goals identified in subsection (A)(5)(ii) by implementing coherent, sustained and evidence-based learning strategies that improve instructional effectiveness and student achievement, such as lesson study and the examining of student work;

    4. provides classroom-based coaching or other forms of assistance to support the transfer of new knowledge and skills to the classroom;

    5. regularly assesses the effectiveness of the professional development in achieving identified learning goals, improving teaching and assisting all students in meeting challenging state academic achievement standards;

    6. informs ongoing improvements in teaching and student learning; and

    7. may be facilitated and strengthened by the local education agency or other external assistance providers.

(B) The process outlined in subsection (34) (A) may be supported and strengthened by activities such as courses, workshops, institutes, networks and conferences that:
  1. must address the learning goals and objectives established for professional development by educators at the school level;

  2. advance the ongoing school-based professional development; and

  3. are provided by for-profit and non-profit entities outside the school such as local education agencies, universities, education service agencies, technical assistance providers, networks of content-area specialists and other education organizations and associations.




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Registration details for the 2012 MSDC Show-Me Professional Development Conference, Lead...Grow...Learn... NOW AVAILABLE!

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Please mark your calendars for March 11-13, 2012, in Branson Missouri!

The Chateau on the Lake in Branson will host the 2012 MSDC Show-Me Professional Development Conference. All room reservations originally made at the Hilton Convention Center only have been transferred to the Chateau. The Chateau will be honoring the $105 + tax Show-Me Conference rate. If you were holding a confirmed room at the Hilton Promenade or any other Branson hotel, please call to make a reservation at the Chateau. The hotel will try to honor all additional rooms at the group rate based on availability.

Please be aware that due to privacy policies that no payment information was passed between the Hilton and the Chateau. Please contact the reservations department at the Chateau at your earliest convenience to discuss all information regarding room reservations. Please identify yourself as a Missouri Staff Development Conference participant or reference the group code: 0312STAFF. All guest rooms must have a guaranteed form of payment before you arrive for the Conference. If you are working with a purchase order please make sure that the accounting person in your district is aware of the venue change. If you are a tax exempt organization, please be sure that your tax exempt letter is forwarded to the hotel and we might suggest you bring it with you as well.

E-mail: chateau.reservations@jqh.com
**hotel toll free: 888-333-5253**
hotel direct: 417-334-1161
fax: 417-332-1045


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Me Conference Proposal


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