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Meeting Date:
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9/21/2021 - 7:00 PM
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Category:
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INFORMATION / DISCUSSION ITEMS
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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9.2 Professional Development Report 2020-2021
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Attachment Summary
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File Attachment:
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Quick Summary / Abstract:
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Staff will present the 2020-2021 Professional Development Report.
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Background:
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The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVJUSD) holds as its mission to ensure each student graduates with the skills needed to contribute and thrive in a changing world. Our Board of Education identified as one of the Core Values for Teaching and Learning “to continually develop and support a high-quality staff that is committed to innovative teaching.” Each employee plays a critical role in creating a safe, caring, and engaging learning environment and equipping students with the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking to embrace challenges and opportunities they will encounter in the future. As stated by John Dewey, “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” LVJUSD employees are eager to remain skilled and current in their practice to prepare our students for the future.
Professional development to acquire new and advanced skills, and to expand knowledge, leadership, and critical thinking, is a necessity in moving our District forward. It is essential as we challenge our students to reach their greatest potential. According to a Learning Forward publication, Why Professional Development Matters, by Hayes Mizell, "In education, research has shown that teaching quality and school leadership are the most important factors in raising student achievement. For teachers and school and district leaders to be as effective as possible, they continually expand their knowledge and skills to implement the best educational practices. Educators learn to help students learn at the highest levels."
LVJUSD's Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are an essential forum for staff to share, problem-solve, and learn together. PLCs take place throughout the workday and year, and during designated weekly professional development and collaboration time. Professional learning supports the development of individuals and the alignment of team, school, and District goals. As stated on the Learning Forward website, "Increasing the effectiveness of professional learning is the leverage point with the greatest potential for strengthening and refining the day-to-day performance of educators."
Employees in all positions are offered professional development and training, incorporating the delivery and application of content, along with structured time to collaborate, and share best practices, and as well as effective and efficient strategies.
Classified, certificated, and management staff are dedicated and embrace the
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Our Board of Education and our District leadership recognize that all staff members of the LVJUSD must be allocated time and support to acquire, improve, and enhance professional knowledge, practices, and skills. During the 2020-2021 school year and through the summer of 2021, staff embraced relevant and timely professional development. The flexible Professional Development Day for certificated staff provided the option of individualized professional growth for teachers. Flexible professional development included a range of activities such as attending workshops on academic content; teaching students with special needs; learning with peers about integrating technology; accessing resources to enrich the curriculum; and/or completing online mandatory compliance trainings. Teachers also attended workshops and trainings on specific specialized District programs including Project Lead the Way elementary, middle, and high school engineering, and International Baccalaureate. District-wide, academic, behavioral and social emotional learning aligned with our Framework for Success, and Distance Teaching and Learning were the areas of focus in all content areas.
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Fiscal Impact
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Professional development was primarily funded through designated Local Control Funding Formula dollars and categorical program allocations: Title I, Improving Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged; Title II, Teacher and Principal Training; Title III, Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient Students; California Department of Education Low Performing Students Block Grant; and one-time, restricted Learning Loss Mitigation Funds.
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Superintendent's Recommendation:
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This item is informational only and requires no action be taken by the Board of Education.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Michelle Hill-Gerow - Executive Assistant - Senior Cabinet
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Signed By:
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Melissa Theide - Assistant Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Kelly Bowers, Ed.D. - Superintendent
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