Common use of Purpose and Goals Clause in Contracts

Purpose and Goals. Regular professional development and training is essential to the competence and overall effectiveness of all teachers and support personnel, no matter how experienced they may be. Participation in such continued learning is a required professional duty and part of each teacher's basic personal obligation to the profession and to the students of the District. At its best, professional development and continued learning is grounded in the instructional goals and programs of the District and the school, the best practices of successful teachers, and the everyday needs of students and teachers. While no professional development program will accomplish all goals for all participants, it is agreed that all professional development programs and activities -- whether designed and/or delivered by the Central District, a Local District, or the local school -- should seek to achieve the following goals, as applicable: a. Be grounded in, or consistent with, the California Standards for the Teaching Profession, and with any applicable State and District mandates, standards, initiatives and/or priorities; b. Be appropriately responsive to the site's needs assessment and/or evaluations of similar programs offered in the past; c. Deepen and broaden knowledge of subject matter and instructional content; as appropriate, be job-specific and differentiated to meet different experience levels, and designed for cumulative and sustained impact; d. Provide a strong foundation in the pedagogy of particular disciplines, assignments and instructional programs, knowledge about the teaching and learning processes, and improvement of the environment for student learning; e. Provide knowledge of applicable standards, the differences between standards-based instruction and other forms of instruction, and how to know when students are meeting or progressing toward a given standard; f. Be intellectually engaging and reflect the complexity of the teaching and learning processes; and g. Encourage and enable teachers to work together to provide consistent instruction and reinforce student progress.

Purpose and Goals. Regular professional development and training is essential to the competence and overall effectiveness of all teachers and support personnel, no matter how experienced they may be. Participation in such continued learning is a required professional duty and part of each teacher's basic personal obligation to the profession and to the students of the DistrictPCHS. At its best, professional development and continued learning is grounded in the instructional goals and programs of the District PCHS and the school, the best practices of successful teachers, and the everyday needs of students and teachers. While no professional development program will accomplish all goals for all participants, it is agreed that all professional development programs and activities -- whether designed and/or delivered by the Central Districtan administrator, a Local Districtbargaining unit member, or the local school a contracted vendor/agency -- should seek to achieve the following goals, as applicable: a. Be grounded in, or consistent with, the California Standards for the Teaching Profession, and with any applicable State and District PCHS mandates, standards, initiatives and/or priorities; b. Be appropriately responsive to the site's School’s needs assessment and/or evaluations of similar programs offered in the past; c. Deepen and broaden knowledge of subject matter and instructional content; as appropriate, be job-specific and differentiated to meet different experience levels, and designed for cumulative and sustained impact; d. Provide a strong foundation in the pedagogy of particular disciplines, assignments and instructional programs, knowledge about the teaching and learning processes, and improvement of the environment for student learning; e. Provide knowledge of applicable standards, the differences between standards-standards- based instruction and other forms of instruction, and how to know when students are meeting or progressing toward a given standard; f. Be intellectually engaging and reflect the complexity of the teaching and learning processes; and g. Encourage and enable teachers to work together to provide consistent instruction and reinforce student progress.