Professional Development Alignment
Balancing Support with Accountability
DPS is dedicated to building a path that helps develop new teachers, ensures that all teachers continue to grow professionally, and rewards and recognizes great teachers throughout their careers.
LEAP helps teachers recognize areas of strength in their teaching practice and also helps identify growth opportunities. Once growth opportunities are identified, teachers are able to access differentiated professional development offerings which are aligned to the Framework for Effective Teaching. DPS has a variety of different types of high quality professional development to ensure teachers can access the types that are most relevant to their individual needs and interests.
Teachers and principals are able to work together to identify targeted professional development resources and focus a teacher’s development on those opportunities that will have the most direct impact on a teacher’s practice and student learning.
For more information on professional development within DPS, please visit the Office of Teacher Learning and Leadership website.
Select the "Educator Development" tab (5th tab on the right) in SchoolNet for more information on teacher professional development courses, resources and training materials for every indicator in the DPS Framework for Effective Teaching.