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How have you provided professional development for teachers?


 * Gilbert**
 * ASSET professional development courses.


 * Gilbert provides district credit, allows teachers to move on the salary schedule. For a while, provided open labs after school so that teachers could work on assignments with the support of Gilbert Ed Tech.
 * Online hybrid course for new teachers, using the ASSET portal. Cost?
 * “My Learning Plan” is used for teacher registration for courses. Has tracking and reporting features.


 * Tempe Elementary**
 * The Project Venture model, which features sustained professional development with mentoring.
 * T3 project “Tempe Teachers of Tomorrow.”
 * One to one computing, 3 elementary classrooms, one middle school classroom.
 * Achievement results show the students have considerably higher achievement than the average Tempe student, and higher than previous student results when teachers didn’t have access to one to one.
 * Scales may become a one to one computing school.


 * Paradise Valley**
 * Have tied classes to performance based pay. Participants develop projects in their own classrooms, then share.
 * KOA (camp with a school for a day). The Technology Integration Facilitators and site technology teachers work with each school to develop the day. Possibly 30 minutes with faculty at staff meeting, and then small groups of teachers. Superintendent fully supportive of the idea, encouraging all schools to participate.