5 Year Priorities by County
for
High Quality Professional Staff Development in Region 8
1
*Kern*
Offer high quality staff development that models strategies for implementing a standards-based curriculum.
*San Luis Obispo*
Define a system of embedded, teacher-targeted peer interactions that improve instruction through knowledge of Content Standards and exchange of related ideas, practices, and implementation strategies.
*Santa Barbara*
Provide teachers and support staff with transformational, intense, in-depth, and ongoing training focused on increasing student achievement in language arts (especially reading comprehension) and mathematics.
*Ventura*
Help teachers and support staff to become fully and effectively acquainted with California?s Board-approved Content Standards, K-12.
2
*Kern*
Communicate staff development opportunities throughout Region 8 using available technological systems.
*San Luis Obispo*
Show teachers at all phases of their careers how to become increasingly reflective about their professional practice through the examination of student work in an environment where peer input/coaching is readily accessible.
*Santa Barbara*
Implement Content and CSTP standards by elevating teachers? content knowledge, defining instructionally meaningful uses for technology, and leveraged relationships among the various Content Standards (including history/social science and science).
*Ventura*
Assist schools in collaboratively designing and implementing whole-school change, focused on implementing standards-based instructional practice.
3
*Kern*
Emphasize the improvement of reading/literacy skills among high school students.
*San Luis Obispo*
Foster the coordination of services and resources region-wide, orchestrating a ?triage? system for supplying schools with required additional information and programs.
*Santa Barbara*
Establish a region-wide network for instructional development among teachers in the key academic areas of language arts, math, science, and social science.
*Ventura*
Align advertisement and delivery among services by regional providers (e.g., AVID, BTSA, COE, CTAP, IHE, SB1882, S-4, et al.) to schools with the greatest need.
4
*Kern*
Provide professional staff development in the use of assessment to evaluate and inform instruction.
5
*Kern*
Offer staff development in personal/social, career, and academic counseling.
From Kern County Focus Group Meeting held August 20, 1999
*San Luis Obispo*
From San Luis Obispo County Focus Group Meeting held August 18, 1999
*Santa Barbara*
From Santa Barbara County Focus Group Meeting held August 13, 1999
*Ventura*
From Ventura County Focus Group Meeting held August 23, 1999
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