Professional+Development

=Professional Development=

**Professional Education Plan- Five-Year Strategic Initiative** [|Responses][|Timeline]
 * Background - Oversite by Levonne Shefield. This committee focuses on professional development of teachers and other staff and their qualifications.
 * Chairperson: Nathania Johnson, njohnson@phila.k12.pa.us
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**Half Day Professional Development Days**
 * Background - Many parents have noticed that half days are very inconvenient. But worse is the fact that many parents simply keep their children home on half days. Worse yet, because of the shortened day, a case could be made that students are not really learning. Our understanding is that it is cheaper for the District to do professional development on half-days. The reason is that the District can collect a full day's money from the State (if the day runs past noon) and not pay any overtime to the teachers.
 * Who is working on this? Jay Cohen is setting up a meeting on this. If you are interested, please email him at jcohen@delawarevalley.org
 * Quick Update