PDD2

Demonstrator 2. Participation Teachers participate in program-specific PD designed to meet their needs. All teachers participate in PD focused on 21st Century Skills. a) Teachers engage in both internal and external support for job-embedded, ongoing professional learning to enhance student learning in writing and communication skills, continuously updated to address emerging knowledge and application. b)Teachers engage in and facilitate professional learning opportunities that enhance their ability to deliver effective, appropriate instruction that improves student communication skills for a 21st century global society. c) Teachers are engaged in systematic and long-term school-wide writing and communications initiative that is reseach-based, and apply new understandings in their ongoing instruction. d) Teachers engage in and facilitate professional learning to enhance their abilit to use formative and summative assessment to improve student's writing and communication skills.