Professional Development Planning

High Quality Professional Development

Butler County Educational Service Center is dedicated to supporting educators as they strive to raise expectations and improve academic achievement for all children in Butler County. We are ready to help you plan and implement strong, sustainable professional development that drives achievement of your student learning goals. We can assist you as you tailor your professional development to the unique vision, goals, students, and teachers in your district, as a county, or as a region. Our ultimate goal is to work in concert with you to provide coordinated professional development based on best practice research. We are ready to assist you in your investigation, needs assessment, or possibly researching and providing the foundational groundwork.

 Charlene Phillips, Professional Development Supervisor                                                                                                 Robin Solazzo, Supervisor for Standards, Instruction, and Assessment

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Possible Topics:

Instructional Strategies for Diversity and Differentiation (cultural, economic, and special education)	The Use of Data
Effective Standards-Based Instruction	Assessments at Building and/or District Level
Alignment	Study and Planning Groups
Action Research	Value-Added Measurement
Integrating Technology and Effective Teaching Strategies	Speaker Location
Child Abuse Training	County and Regional Resources
Substitute Teacher Training	Teacher Evaluation
Strengths Performance Coach - Gallup Certified

    

If your district has a Professional Development need that is not listed, please call.

The ASCD, OhioASCD, NSDC, and SDCO  have defined quality professional development as results-driven, job-embedded, content rich, standards-based, whole school, and systematically supported.

 

 Related Web Sites

 

ODE Web-Based Instructional Management System

ODE Office of Professional Development

Governor's Commission on Teaching Success

 

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