Professional Development

Instructional intervention teachers will meet quarterly during each school year for vertical articulation sessions to discuss curriculum development, to coordinate activities, and to review program implementation to establish consistency across the district.

In addition to the district’s professional development requirement, the instructional intervention teachers will attend a minimum of one professional development opportunity per school year that is specific to their role as an intervention teacher. The following are recommendations for professional development opportunities, however, teachers may submit for approval of other professional development opportunities to their program supervisor.

• • RTI Action Network National Online Forum Series

  • National Center on Intensive Intervention

  • Orton Gillingham Academy

  • Wilson Language Training

  • Intervention Central

  • Center on Response to Intervention

  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

  • National Council of Teachers of English

  • National Science Teaching Association

  • National Council for the Social Studies

Teachers will record professional development hours through Sparta Township Employee Portal (Genesis) Professional Development tab.