Common use of Assumptions for Success Clause in Contracts

Assumptions for Success. The underlying assumptions that support the success of the Professional Development Process for MPS teachers are: a. successful professional development is focused on student learning and achievement. b. the expectation that there is a school climate for professional learning and growth that provides opportunities for collaboration and dialogue around student and teacher work for the purpose of improving student achievement to meet standards. c. professional development is job-embedded, continuous, and focused on research-based best practices supporting the National Staff Development Council Standards and the Minneapolis Standards of Effective Instruction. d. opportunities for teachers to be creative in problem solving ways in which they can best support student achievement are essential to the action research process. e. research-based innovation and taking risks to learn is the norm and necessary for continuous learning. f. the instructional community is responsible for collegial growth and support with the understanding that the professionals have each other's best interest at heart.