Instruction

Each year teachers are provided with 5 district-wide professional development days where they have an opportunity to work with colleagues to learn new research and instructional strategies, such as innovative ways to integrate technology into their instruction.  In addition, federal grant dollars are utilized to send teacher leaders to state conferences where they gather information to share with colleagues. 

At the elementary level we have a team of mathematics building leaders, 1-2 per elementary building, that were provided extensive professional development to be mathematics teacher leaders through a multi-year National Science Foundation funded partnership with Michigan State University.  These teachers now provide mathematics leadership in their building.

Also at the elementary level we have an ongoing partnership with the Literacy Achievement Research Center at Michigan State University.  The director of this center provides ongoing professional development in the area of informational reading to teachers that participate in research projects with the center.