District-sponsored professional development for the 2010/2011 school year will focus on the following:
- Secondary math and science with Action Learning Systems
- Secondary Language Arts including the process for a new textbook adoption
- Elementary teacher collaboration focused on Language Arts
- Elementary district-wide professional development focused on Direct Interactive Instruction with Action Learning Systems
- Elementary differentiated instruction - GATE
- 1st and 2nd grade Music Center Los Angeles
- Fast ForWord - brain-based research program
- Lead Instructional Technology Teachers (LITT) training
Link to National Staff Development Council's Standards for Staff Development:
http://www.nsdc.org/standards/index.cfm