PROFESSIONAL GROWTH COMPONENT Sample Clauses

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH COMPONENT. The purpose of the professional growth component is to assist certificated classroom teachers in the development of professional growth plans by encouraging enhancements and improvements in teaching skills, techniques, and abilities. WAC 392.191.020. Materials, records, and portfolios developed are not retained in the employee's personnel file or used in its formal evaluation criteria. Any professional growth activity will be submitted to the employee's building administrator for approval prior to the commencement of the activity.
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PROFESSIONAL GROWTH COMPONENT a. To assist certificated staff in the development of professional growth plans by encouraging enhancements and improvements in teaching skills, techniques and abilities, employees may select a professional growth plan. b. Professional development programs are a form of personnel evaluation in which the emphasis is on growth and improvement rather than on decisions related to probation, non-renewal, and discharge. c. The purpose is to establish procedures for the professional development of certificated classroom teachers and certificated support personnel. Professional development procedures shall be used: 1. To encourage employee self-assessment and goal setting; 2. To provide opportunities for and encourage sharing among teaching support staff of personal professional experience and expertise; 3. To aid employees in planning personal professional growth plans; 4. To link identified professional needs with appropriate in-service, staff development, and other appropriate professional growth and instructional improvement opportunities. d. Materials/records/portfolios developed as a result of the individual’s participation in the professional growth program shall be the property of the certificated staff member participating in the program and shall not be retained in the employee’s personnel file or used by the District in its formal evaluation criteria.

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