Amanda sees her staff as her students. She is very intentional about everything that she presents to staff. She wants to model instruction in a way that can be taken back to the classroom. The three most important things to any professional development is rigour, relevance, and relationships. Professional development should be rigorous. Staff should be learning new things and gaining a higher level of understanding. The information should also be relevant to what they are teaching now. Teachers should be able to take what they learned and apply it the next day. Professional development should also give staff the opportunity to build relationships with each other. School families and competitive games are key to building and strengthening
Amanda sees her staff as her students. She is very intentional about everything that she presents to staff. She wants to model instruction in a way that can be taken back to the classroom. The three most important things to any professional development is rigour, relevance, and relationships. Professional development should be rigorous. Staff should be learning new things and gaining a higher level of understanding. The information should also be relevant to what they are teaching now. Teachers should be able to take what they learned and apply it the next day. Professional development should also give staff the opportunity to build relationships with each other. School families and competitive games are key to building and strengthening