Professional Development is a key to improvement!
Posted by kmedlin on September 28, 2007
Parents and Community members often ask why schools schedule these professional “days off” during the school year. I will guarantee our patrons that these are not days wasted. Teachers began the morning with a presentation at 7:30 a.m. Teaching is a profession that is much more difficult than it was years ago. No child wants to sit in a classroom of a teacher that has not improved in their delivery during the past 20 years. It is much more difficult to maintain the attention of students due to their constant exposure to entertainment. In this day and age, teachers must be able to present interesting, relevant, engaging lessons in order to capture the attention of students for seven hours every day. This means that we must continue to learn and improve the way we perform. There is no other way to do this than to schedule time for teachers to learn new methods and techniques of instruction. Today is a day that students get to play, but teachers are at school working hard learning!
Have a good weekend.
Kent
Dr. Kent E. Medlin
Superintendent of Schools
