Welcome to the Office of Organizational Development (OOD) website.
The mission of OOD is to develop all staff and improve the effectiveness of the organization to ensure high achievement for every student. Another way we say this is “Student learning drives our work.” We are committed to helping every school, every office, and every MCPS staff member develop the skills and knowledge they need in order to ensure success for all students and eliminate the achievement gap according to race.
These efforts are carried out by OOD teams you see listed in the column on the left. Each team has a specific mission and role to play in pursuing the OOD mission. Please click on any of the team links for information, resources, and contacts.
We look forward to working with you during the school year.
Jamie Virga
Associate Superintendent
Staff Development
Video Resources
Access 13 complete video lessons with support materials and teacher reflections as well as numerous video highlights on activators, summarizers, and equitable teaching strategies
Access over 200 MCPS created staff development video resources in this searchable, web database. Videos can be searched by keywords, level, type of resource, school, teacher, and instructional practice.
* Supporting Services Mentoring Program
Learn more about this important component of the SSPGS that will provide additional strategies to ensure the employment of highly qualified and diverse professional and support personnel.
* PGS Writing Resources
PGS Writing Resources provides you with the same sections of the three handbooks that you are accustomed to using in hard copies, but now these sections are in Microsoft WORD so that you can easily copy and paste sentences or phrases into the document you are creating. A searchable database with over 1000 claims from all PDS systems is also online. Video Overview
* New to Grades K-2
An overview of team planning, use of manipulatives and Essential Learnings for teachers new to grades K-2.
* Tier One Summer Training Memo (PDF)
Attachment A (PDF)
* Promethean Tools = Support Site for MCPS Promethean Classrooms
* Tools for Teaching: Extensive resources for schools intersted in starting a study group on the Fred Jones book Tools for Teaching.
* A new series of podcasts, Best
Practices: Staff Development on the Go! Each
episode includes interviews with specialists and
teachers on conference presentations, research,
and best practices focused on improving teaching
and learning. These audio shows can be listened
to in various ways: on the web, using iTunes, or
on an iPod.
