January and February are going to be busy times in the school district. The students and staff will be getting into a routine of very few breaks until the end of the year. Additionally, there are a lot of initiatives that will be discussed during the next two months.
First, the teacher evaluation committee will be finishing its work. Tomorrow the committee will meet and talk with other school systems that use a model similar to the one the committee is considering. Secondly, the teacher professional development committee will meet in January to set an agenda for professional development in the upcoming year. I will also have the honor to meet with two groups of teachers from different elementary schools to discuss some of their initiatives they are undertaking. Teachers at Sunrise Elementary and Harrison Park will get together to discuss initiatives they are implementing to customize learning for students. Finally, the group of teachers that have been meeting throughout the year to discuss how to reinvent school will meet and finalize their thoughts and impressions of the work they have been doing.
All of these initiatives are contributing to the continued effort to move the district forward toward 21st Century Learning. 21st Century learning focuses on student learning and customizable educational experiences for children. Penn-Trafford is not to this point yet, but we are moving in the right direction.
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