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Welcome to the 2008-2009 School Year!
This year brings us all an exciting opportunity for on-site,
job-embedded professional development in the form of
PLCs - Professional Learning Communities.
As PLCs, groups of colleagues work together to collaboratively
impact student achievement through a learn-implement and reflect
cycle. You may choose to learn about instructional
strategies, technology, content, etc. from various resources,
then implement new ideas with your students, and reflect on the
outcomes. PLCs are driven by the data and place
decision-making in the hands of you, the instructional leaders.
You are in charge of what you learn, where you learn, and how
you learn while staying committed to the goal of improving
instruction and impacting student achievement. PLCs are a
wonderful way to develop a culture of collegiality within a
school as colleagues support one another while learning - all
the while sharing collective responsibility and mutual
accountability for student achievement. As you begin the
process of establishing and learning within PLCs, please contact
our department for clarifications and celebrations!
Professional Development Registration
System
Site-level trainers for
ERO (Electronic Registrar On-line), our Professional Development
Registration System, have been
established at
 each
site to ensure that all employees will be able to access site. If need
assistance accessing the system, you can view the
video tutorials.
As you become familiar with this system, we know that you will be as excited as we are as it has many
exciting features which include the following:
- Online access from any
internet-accessible computer
- Individual users can easily
display sessions in which they are currently enrolled as part
of their current schedule
- Participants can
go on an electronic waitlist for sessions that are
full and will automatically be enrolled
if a seat becomes available
- Sessions will instantly appear on
in-service history when individuals complete the course
requirements
If you experience any
difficulties in accessing the site, please contact
professional development using the e-mail addresses or
phone numbers to the right. |
