HUNTERDON CENTRAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Chair:
Marco DiMarcello
Committee members: Karen Batista, Marco DiMarcello, William Pisarra, William Wilson, Suzanne Cooley,
Brendan McIsaac
Goal Statement:
To address Highest Student Achievement (DSA I) and ongoing Performance Excellence for Everyone,
appropriate professional development opportunities must be provided to meet the needs of our diverse staff.
The Professional Development Committee will be proactive in providing training and resources to enablestaff to
function and perform their jobs within the organization in a manner that is consistent with individual needs,
PDPs, and department and District goals.
Summary:
Since the primary aim of the Professional Development Committee is to develop a Professional Development
Plan which ensures high levels of learning for the staff, thereby improving learning for all students, the
District’s professional development goals, established by the Professional Development Committee are
summarized below. These goals were established based upon student learning goals and our District’s vision:
To create teaching and learning environments that engage all students, foster achievement, and
cultivate the skills needed to compete, connect, and collaborate in a global society as ethical and moral
participants.
Student Learning
Goals
This year, we will
determine what
motivates our
students to learn – to
pass the test or to
accumulate wisdom
and personal
meaning.
This year, we will
determine our
students’ ability to
perform “higherorder”
thinking
skills.
2011-2012
PD Goals
Data from the 2010-2011 habits of mind survey will be shared with and
analyzed by the Cross Role Group to establish a benchmark and to inform
that group’s recommendations for collaborative learning and curriculum
revision work for 2011-2012.
Explore more cost effective tools such as using ACT, EXPLORE, or NAEP
data to evaluate our students and sub-groups relative to other schools and
employ our supervisor and teacher study group structure to research and
design protocol and models for developing classroom performance
assessments.
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