WESD Professional Development
WESD Professional Development
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WESD Professional Development Opportunities
WESD Professional Development Opportunities
Professional Learning communities – School modeled collaborative data and planning time for all staff.
School Instructional Specialists – Provide professional development and coaching support for site teachers focused on curriculum, assessment, and instruction.
District Instructional Specialist – Curriculum assessment and coaching support for all teachers across content area .
National Board Certification Support Team – on-going candidate support to help teachers through the journey.
ASPIRE – for teachers aspiring to be future administrators.
Step UP to Success – for teacher leadership development.
Professional Development – Free credit hours for salary advancement and certificate renewal.
WESD employee discount – At a few local universities in Bachelor's and Master’s Programs
WESD Professional Development Department
WESD Professional Development Department
The Professional Development Department facilitates the planning and implementation of ongoing, job-embedded, and systemic professional development for teachers, administrators and classified staff. All professional development is based upon the Learning Forward Professional Development Standards (www.learningforward.org), which have also been adopted by the Arizona Department of Education.
Professional development in the Washington Elementary School District occurs in many formats, such as professional learning communities, academies, book study groups, classroom observations, team planning, instructional coaching, teacher induction, and classes offered after the work day as well as on weekends and in the summer. WESD also provides training and support systems that are required for teacher certification or classification as highly qualified by the NCLB Federal guidelines.
The Professional Development Department facilitates the National Board Certification Process that is open to WESD teachers with five or more years of experience. The candidates are supported and mentored by WESD Nationally Board Certified teachers before, during and after completing the rigorous process.
WESD BEGIN Program
WESD BEGIN Program
Washington Elementary School District offers a three-year teacher induction program titled BEGIN. Teachers with 0-1 years of previous teaching experience are provided professional development, coaching, and grade/content areas specific teaching strategies. Master teachers serve as cadre leaders and provide practical teaching and management techniques to the program participants, as well as offer classroom coaching and observations to assist with specific needs.
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