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=Welcome to the Wiki for Thompson School District's = =21st Century Professional Development Design Team =

Purpose:
To define high-quality Professional Development and its quality indicators; and construct procedures and supporting tools in alignment with best practices and our District’s Vision 2020.

Rationale (from Vision 2020 and Learning Services Goals for 2011-12):
 **Key Action:** Adapt the use of systems and resources to develop educator and support staff effectiveness.
 * Goal Area 1: Responsible Stewardship **
 *  Strategy: **Develop our Greatest Asset—People: Align and optimally manage our human resource systems and subsystems to meet the needs of the district as well as the differentiated needs of each school community.
 * Task: **3.a.3 Design a comprehensive professional development system to ensure that staff is prepared to meet the needs of our 21st century learners

Meeting Dates and Times (all will convene in Classroom 4 at the TSD Administration Building)

 * 1) Tuesday, October 25th 12:30PM - 3:00 PM:
 * Identify Current Status of Professional Development in the Thompson School District - [|Compilation of Responses]
 * Dream Big! - [|21st Century Professional Development Dreaming]
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, November 15th, 8:00AM - 10:30AM
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">HQ21PD - Definition of "High Quality 21st Century Professional Development"
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Context - How do we work toward an environment (culture, norms, policies, roles, relationships) to support adult learning for increased student achievement?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Process - How do we design, deliver, and evaluate professional development focused on best practices?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Content - What do we, PK-12 educators, need to know and be able to do to ensure that all students are proficient ?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, December 13th, 8:00AM - 10:30AM
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">PD tools - Resources for the development and delivery of Professional Development in the Thompson School District for the 21st Century

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Next Steps: presentations to stakeholder groups

 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, February 21 : Curriculum and Instruction TOSAs (1PM)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday, February 27: Learning Services Directors and Coordinators (2PM)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday, March 08: Professional Concerns Committee (4:15PM)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, March 22: School Support Leadership Team (TBA)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Team Members

 * < **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Name__ ** ||< **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__Title__ ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Denise Absalom || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">CourseWhere Administrator ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Rhonda Ayres ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Autism Specialist ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Don Cochran ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ISTS Technician ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Marcy Cochran ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Music Teacher (BFKES, CMES) ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Jaymie Cruickshank ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Science/Language Arts Teacher (WCMS) ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dave Dellwardt ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2nd Grade Teacher (ISES) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Val Downing || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Technology Integration TOSA ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Violet Gerlach ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">3rd Grade Teacher (SMES) ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Laney Howard ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Instructional Coach (CPES) ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Diane Lauer ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Director, Curriculum & Instruction ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Trish Malik ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Instructional Coach Coordinator ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Michelle Malvey ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">RtI Coordinator ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Doug May || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Math TOSA ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Patrick Mount ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Online Professional Development Specialist ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Annette Overton ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Director, Quality Performance ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lora Patrick ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Art Coordinator ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Betsy Porter ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Literacy TOSA ||
 * < <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Laurie Shearer ||< <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">TEA President ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Toni Theisen || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">World Languages Teacher (LHS) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Vicki Thompson || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Director, Human Resources ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Kendra Vair || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies Teacher (CBMS) ||