Professional Development
Teachers and staff at T.H.S. receive district-provided professional development training. Six additional minimum days were added to the 2004/05 calendar and another six were added to the 2005/06 calendar to provide collaborative time for the middle and high schools. In 2006/07, the district instituted Professional Learning Community (PLC) early release Wednesdays. Students were released approximately an hour early on Wednesdays to allow staff additional collaboration time.
Inservices, workshops and conferences provide additional information and training on specific curricular areas, especially in the areas of language arts, mathematics, and social science. Extensive work has also been done to align the curricular areas to state standards and to develop multiple assessments to guide instruction.
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