Professional & Curriculum Development. Dual language/immersion teachers, including any teacher who works on a DLI team, will be given 24 hours of paid teacher-directed collaborative work time to enhance program curriculum, to be paid at the curriculum writing rate of pay outlined in Appendix D.
Professional & Curriculum Development. Subd. 1. SPPS will offer dual language/immersion focused curriculum writing and professional development to enhance teacher capacity and build program rigor and relevancy for long term sustainability.
A. Dual language/immersion teachers will be given 24 hours of paid collaborative work time to enhance program curriculum.
B. Dual language/immersion teachers will be given three days of paid professional development directly linked to current SPPS curricular/ program development. This will take place either at the district level or off-site workshops by reputable language specialists/ organizations.
Subd. 2. All new district mandated initiatives that affect dual language/immersion programs must be introduced a school year in advance so that training, curriculum development, and the purchasing of resources can assure success.
Subd. 3. All dual language/immersion teachers who assess literacy in English and another language will be provided up to two days of substitutes during each assessment period.
