STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

  

F. PHILIP HANDY,

Chairman

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Vice Chairman

 

 

Members

SALLY BRADSHAW

 

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

JIM HORNE

Commissioner of Education

 

 

LINDA J. EADS, ED. D.

 

CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA

 

JULIA L. JOHNSON

 

WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.

  

 

February 24, 2003

 

 

 

M E M O R A N D U M

 

TO:

 

  

District Directors of Staff Development

 

FROM:

 

Ava Byrne, Bureau of Educator Recruitment and

Professional Development

 

SUBJECT:

 

Site Visits for

Florida’s Professional Development

System Evaluation Protocol

 

 

We are pleased to announce that this spring the Florida Department of

Education will begin implementing the new

Florida’s Professional

Development System Evaluation Protocol

and will begin with on-site

district reviews in the following five districts:

 

Broward March

25-27

Lake

April

8-10

Sumter

April 15-16

DeSoto April

22-23

Walton

April 29-30

 

In preparation for the on-site reviews we will conduct a training session

for selected Review Team Members, February 25-26 in Orlando. Review

Team Members for this first cycle of reviews have been selected and were

notified earlier this month. We appreciate the high level of response to our

solicitation of reviewers. Additional Review Team Members will be

identified this summer and a training session will be conducted prior to the

start of the Fall Cycle of reviews. Starting Fall 2003 we will conduct 12-

14 on-site districts reviews each year. Selected districts will be notified in

July 2003.

 

 

AVA G. BYRNE

Chief, Bureau of Educator Recruitment and Professional Development

 

325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 124 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 922-9750

 

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Memorandum

February 24, 2003

 

 

 

Additionally, we have formed a Technical Assistance Group (TAG), comprised of staff

developers to provide assistance to districts both prior to and after the on-site reviews are

completed. The TAG members include:

 

Stephanie Webb

Bill Hall

Carol Johnson

Debbie Cooke

Theresa Croteau

Terri Tanner-Smith

VieVie Baird

 

District requests for technical assistance will be coordinated through our Bureau.

 

We are in the process of developing online resources for staff developers concerning the

protocol, evaluation issues and showcasing best practices. In addition, we are working with

Florida Association of Staff Development in providing you with the latest information on the

Protocol and extending our learning in the area of evaluation. We look forward to our

continued work to provide teachers and principals with high quality professional

development programs.