Mont. Admin. R. 10.55.714 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(1) Professional
development:
(a) shall be aligned with the district
graduate profile and educational goals outlined in the district integrated strategic
action plan described in ARM 10.55.601;
(b) shall be provided to address safety,
well-being, and mental health of students and staff;
(c) focuses on teachers as central to student
learning and includes all other members of the school community;
(d) focuses on individual, collegial, and
organizational learning, reflection, and growth;
(e) respects and nurtures the intellectual and
leadership capacity of teachers, principals, and others in the school community by
incorporating active learning and adult learning theory;
(f) reflects research and demonstrates models of
effective practice in teaching, learning, and leadership;
(g) enables teachers to develop further experience
in subject content, teaching strategies, uses of technologies, and other essential
elements in teaching to high standards;
(h) offers opportunities for feedback and
reflection;
(i) is ongoing and
sustained;
(j) is planned
collaboratively by those who will participate in and facilitate that
development;
(k) requires substantial
time, other resources, and where practical provides coaching and expert
support;
(l) is job-embedded to
encourage teachers to meet, share, collaborate, and grow their practice;
(m) is driven by a coherent long-term plan;
and
(n) is evaluated on the impact of
professional development on teacher effectiveness and student learning, and the
results of this assessment guides subsequent professional development.
(2) Teachers and specialists shall
annually complete professional development pursuant to the requirements of
20-1-304 and
20-4-304, MCA, including a minimum of
three pupil instruction related (PIR) days dedicated exclusively to professional
development.
(a) A professional development PIR
day shall constitute six hours of contact time.
(b) A school district may divide a professional
development PIR day into no fewer than two-hour blocks of contact time.
(c) A professional development block may be held
on the same day as a pupil instruction day, but a school district shall not schedule
a professional development PIR day to convene simultaneously with a pupil
instruction day.
(3) The
local board of trustees shall establish an advisory committee to evaluate the school
district's current school year professional development plan; and develop and
recommend a plan for the subsequent school year, which is a required component of
the integrated strategic action plan outlined in ARM 10.55.601.
(a) The advisory committee shall include, but not
be limited to, trustees, administrators, and teachers. A majority of the committee
shall be teachers.
(b) Each school year
the local board of trustees shall adopt a professional development plan embedded in
the district integrated strategic action plan for the subsequent school year based
on the recommendation of the advisory committee.
(c) The plan recommended by the advisory committee
and adopted by the local board of trustees shall outline how, when, and from whom
teachers and specialists shall meet their professional development PIR day
expectations.
(d) The plan adopted by
the local board of trustees must take into consideration the advisory committee's
recommendations and include two professional development PIR days in October during
which schools must close in order to permit teachers and specialists to attend the
annual professional development meetings of state professional associations.
(e) The adopted plan may include
alternatives but shall not interfere with or prohibit teacher and specialist
attendance at the annual October professional development meetings of state
professional associations.
(f) Teachers
and specialists who do not attend the annual professional development October
meetings of state professional associations or school district plan approved
alternative professional development PIR days shall not be paid for the days they
are absent.
(g) Teachers, specialists,
administrators, and school districts shall not substitute for professional
development PIR day purposes professional development opportunities not specifically
outlined in the school district's adopted professional development plan.
(h) The local board of trustees shall make their
plan available to employees and the public.
Notes
AUTH: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-2-114, 20-2-121, 20-7-101, MCA; IMP: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-2-121, 20-3-106, 20-7-101, MCA
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