SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Technological Advancements for Professional Development

This week the school district begins training for a new web-based system that will allow staff members to better organize, track and participate in strategically designed Professional Development opportunities.

This new addition to our Professional Development repertoire provides: an online catalog and enrollment system; approval routing of all forms and requests; the instructor and participant application and hiring process; and tracking and printing of certificates of hours completed for professional development.

It is a remarkable replacement for the manually processed blue professional development postings that have traditionally been sent out to the schools.

More than that, this new Professional Development Program, called My Learning Plan, exemplifies the critical role that technology can play as a solution to forming effective collaborations geared directly towards improving student achievement.