STAFF DEVELOPMENT

In addition to recruiting great candidates, we also play an active role in cultivating their professional skills. Click here to see the full list of offerings and to register for a class.

In the coming weeks we will run workshops in lesson planning and curriculum development, discipline and behavior management, as well as updates on specific educational initiatives such as the common core standards. We feel the hallmark of a vibrant educational community is a commitment to continued learning, not just for students, but teachers and administrators as well. Thats why we have an extensive catalog of training programs to maximize the effectiveness of the educators on your staff. Our staff development team includes experts in the latest curriculum trends, social media, and distance learning technologies.

Effective professional development has to begin with appreciating these key facts:

• Technologies exist to shift burdens of work and re-focus the job description of every single profession — teacher, coach, doctor, lawyer, broker, designer

• You have to know which technologies exist — and which of those are distractions or time-sinks, and which can be empowering if employed to the professional’s advantage

• You can’t know how to train an educator to be effective if you still have them do calculations by hand or correspond exclusively with traditional mail

• We are all in danger of wasting time on useless and/or inappropriate technology. But we are equally vulnerable in trying to work in out-moded ways when there are proven technologies that can allow us to do what we are uniquely qualified to do