Essential Professional Development Outside the Normal Work Day. Effective with the 2017-2018 school year, “essential” professional development refers to professional development required by the District. The areas that fall under essential professional development are International Baccalaureate, AVID, OIP, PBIS, Equity training, Advance Placement (High School only), and Career Tech training. The areas that fall under essential professional development will be reviewed annually by Summit. In determining whether the areas should be updated, Summit will use the Strategic Plan decision-making framework with the final decision being made by consensus among all members of Summit. In addition, the decision of whether OIP and Equity training will remain as areas under essential professional development will be made annually, using the consensus process above. Essential professional development will be governed by the following:
