Professional Development

Learning Forward/Missouri Staff Development Council

Learning Communities
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students occurs within learning communities committed to continuous improvement, collective responsibility, and goal alignment.

Resources
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students requires prioritizing, monitoring, and coordinating resources for educator learning.

Learning Designs
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students integrates theories, research, and models of human learning to achieve its intended outcomes.

Outcomes
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students aligns its outcomes with educator performance and student curriculum standards.

Leadership
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students requires skillful leaders who develop capacity, advocate, and create support systems for professional learning.

Data
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students uses a variety of sources and types of student, educator, and system data to plan, assess, and evaluate professional learning.

Implementation
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students applies research on change and sustains support for implementation of professional learning for long term change.

Learning Forward/ Missouri Staff Development Council

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2022-2023 Professional
Development Committee

Chair: Ashley Porting
Vice Chair: Laura Gholson 
Secretary: Jessica Bach
Timekeeper: Shelby Contrades
Administrators: Dr. Tim Roth, Karen Pfingsten, and Shyla Barnett
Primary School: Ashley Porting and Jessica Bach
Elementary School: Elizabeth Craig and Trevor Roebke
Middle School: Laura Gholson, Shelby Contrades, and Kim Whitworth
High School: Alexis Miller and Heather Smith