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Initiatives Aligned with Strategic Plan
Goal 4: Create a Positive Work Environment in a Self-renewing Organization
Board of Education Priorities
- Organize and optimize resources for improved academic results
- Use student, staff, school, and system performance data to monitor and improve student achievement
- Foster and sustain systems that support and improve employee effectiveness, in partnership with MCPS employee organizations
MCPS will implement the guidelines established in Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act. Data will be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, English proficiency, and economically disadvantaged status.
Career Development
- Professional Growth System for Teachers
- Professional Growth System for Administrators and Supervisors
- Professional Development for New Administrators
- Professional Growth System for Supporting Services Staff
- Supporting Services Training and Development
- Staff Development Teachers
- Skillful Teaching Courses
- Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Program
- Staff Development Substitute Teachers in Every School
- New Teacher Induction and Mentoring
- Framework for Improving Teaching and Learning
- Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction Grade-Level Training
- Continuing Professional Development Courses
- Diversity Training and Development
- Recruitment/Retention/Placement of Highly Qualified Staff
- Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence
- Baldrige-Guided School Improvement Process
- Human Resources Information System
- Employee and Retiree Services Center