Professional Learning and Leadership @ SFUSD

What do we do?

The Professional Learning and Leadership team, within the Division of Professional Growth and Development, within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, runs the following programs within SFUSD:

The Teacher Leader Fellowship [formerly known as the Master Teacher Program] and Lesson Study

Paid PD hours for SFUSD Educators

The Paraeducator Leadership Network and the Paraeducator Institute

Project-Based Learning PD opportunities

Leading for Equity PLCs

Also on our team:

National Board Support Program

Admin MicroGrants

Is your site or department interested in prioritizing equity work? Considering joining one of the (Paid!) LEADING FOR EQUITY PLC Opportunities for school year 19-20. PLC Offerings:

  • The Skin I’m In: Looking Inward on Racial Equity
  • Culturally Responsive Practices: Impacting student outcomes and transforming student experience
  • Facilitating for Equity
  • Schools as Brave Space: Building the Conditions for Equitable Schools
  • Humanizing Pedagogy: Fostering Equity-Centered Learning Spaces
  • Making Student Thinking Visible: CRT in Practice
  • Exploring White Supremacy Culture in Schools
  • Decolonizing The Classroom