Teachers & Administrators

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• Professional Development and Evaluation Committees (PDECs)

• Professional Development Task Force 2016-17

  The task force was created to study professional development and in-service training requirements for educators.

• Professional Learning

  Connecticut's Definition of Professional Learning: High-quality professional learning is a process that ensures all educators have equitable access throughout their career continuum to relevant, individual and collaborative opportunities to enhance their practice so that all students advance towards positive academic and non-academic outcomes.

• Professional Learning - Cultural Competence

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student facilitates educators’ self-examination of their awareness, knowledge, skills, and actions that pertain to culture and how they can develop culturally-responsive strategies to enrich the educational experiences for all students.

• Professional Learning - Data

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student requires the use of both quantitative and qualitative student, educator and system data to plan, implement, monitor, and assess professional learning.

• Professional Learning - Implementation

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student applies change research and uses tools to identify and support the developmental stages of change and ensures the fidelity of implementation.

• Professional Learning - Leadership

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student requires and develops leadership capacity at all levels to advocate for and create systems for professional learning.

• Professional Learning - Learning Communities

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student occurs within learning communities committed to continuous growth, collective responsibility, family and community engagement and alignment of district and school vision and goals.

• Professional Learning - Learning Designs

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student integrates research on effective adult learning and uses flexible learning designs to achieve intended outcomes.

• Professional Learning - Outcomes

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student is aligned with district/school goals, relevant Connecticut standards, and other agreed-upon standards for educator practice and student growth.

• Professional Learning - Resources

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student requires purposeful planning for the identification, coordination, monitoring, evaluation, and equitable use and allocation of resources to support educator learning.

• Professional Learning Podcasts

  A podcast series focused on the Connecticut standards for professional learning.

• Program Approval

  The Talent Office has responsibility and oversight for the review and continuing approval of educator preparation programs in Connecticut preparing candidates for state certification.

• Proposed Regulations

  Public comments and testimonies on proposed certification regulations.

• Public Hearings

  Public hearings regarding proposed certification changes.