Support for Improving Professional Practice
COUNTY: / Wayne County / SUBMITTED BY: / Lynn Hurt, SuperintendentWhat data did you analyze to determine district professional development, trainings and support?
Wayne County Curriculum Team analyzed the following data to determine professional development needs, trainings and support for our beginning and experienced teachers: attrition, retention, and expected number of new teachers for the 2013-14 school year. Over the past three years we have had approximately retirements at the classroom and school level. Teachers who have left our county have done so due to relocation for a spouses's job. Upon examination of our retention rate, we have retained all of the new teachers and administrators that we have hired with one exception.
We expect no new administrators during the 2013-14 school year. We do expect to hire 20 new teachers for the 2013-14 school year which is down from the 29 we had new for the 2012-13 school year and down from the 42 in 2011-12. Student teachers who complete their pre-service requirements in Wayne County are considered for jobs in Wayne County, prior to looking at others.
Identify strengths and weaknesses as determined by the educator evaluation system and explain how these findings guided your professional development plan.
The mentoring program has not been successful for our beginning teachers. For example, in the 2013-14 school year, we had six new teachers at one school and no mentor teachers were employed there. This is a small school so we had to "bring" a mentor from another school for these beginning teachers on a weekly basis and she mentored all six of them. We feel that the model we have developed (based on Cabell County's model) will provide the necessary support for these teachers. Assigning academic coachs who can provide the time needed to the beginning teachers will alleviate this problem. Looking at educator evaluation, classroom management continues to a need for our beginning teachers. With the inception of Next Generation Common Core Standards, our new teachers need to be actively involved in Professonal Development that the county will offer to all teachers. Beginning teachers also will be included in educator evaluation training at the school level at the beginning of the school year.
PLAN COMPONENT / ACTION STEPS / PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE / FUNDING SOURCE / EVIDENCE OF IMPACT
Beginning Teachers
(Years 1 – 2) / 1. Teachers will be assigned an academic coach who will make classroom visits weekly to support the beginning teachers. The first week of school, coaches will be in the classroom with the beg. teacher to provide any needed support. The coaches will provide embedded professional development for the beginning teachers and participate in meetings with the administrator and beginning teacher on a quarterly basis. / Mary Lou Perry
Academic Coaches
Debbie Russell
John Waugaman
Dr. Kevin Smith
Kim Adkins
Lynn Hurt
/ ☐Title I x Title II
☐Sp. Ed. ☐CTE
☐xCounty
☐xMentoring
☐Other: Prof. Dev. Funds / Evidence:
Classroom Visit logs maintained by Coaches Purchase orders for CPD Training and E-Learning Classes Class lists for E-Learning Class
2. Beginning teachers will attend the "New Teacher Seminars sponsored by CPD / Total $:
Dependent upon number of new teachers
3. Beginning teachers will participate in an online class sponsored by E-Learning for Technology.
4. Beg. Teachers will pariticipate in monthly meetings with other student teachers at a central location and participate in professional development and professional learning communities specific to their needs. Substitutes will be provided. For example, Special Education Beginning teachers will have PD focusing on their needs and CTC teachers will have PD focusing on their needs. All Beg. Teachers will
Experienced Teachers
(3+ Years) / 1. Experienced Teachers will be provided Professional Development that centers on their needs that will be determined by survey sent to each of these teachers. / Curriculum Directors
/ ☐Title I x☐Title II
☐xSp. Ed. ☐x CTE
☐xCounty
☐xMentoring
☐xOther: Prof. Dev. Funds / Evidence:
Educator Evaluation Results Academic Coach's Log
2. Needs determined from the Educator Evaluation which will guide PD provided. / Total $:
3. Academic coaches will visit classrooms one time per semester to determine needs. Needs will be shared with curriculum team who will plan professional development on recommendations.
Student Teachers / 1. Student teachers will be involved with Professional Development sessions that are offered during their classroom experiences. / Curriculum Directors
Professional Personnel Director / ☐Title I x☐Title II
☐xSp. Ed. x☐CTE
☐xCounty
☐xMentoring
☐Other: Prof. Dev. funds / Evidence:
Sign in sheets from PD sessions Agenda for Orientation Session/Sign in sheets from Orientation Session
2. Student teachers will attend a "Wayne County Orientation for Student Teachers" during the first week of their classroom experiene. / Total $:
Dependent on number of ST.
3.
West Virginia Department of Education
Division of Educator Quality and System Support
Office of School Improvement