Professional Development
It's not just curriculum or resources that determine student success in the classroom—the role of the teacher is the most critical component. That's why QualityCore offers a variety of professional development opportunities to develop a sustainable culture of college and career readiness in your school or district.
QualityCore offers an aligned and cohesive professional development system designed to help teachers, counselors, and school leaders facilitate high student achievement. Sessions are tailored to introduce content-specific instructional practices and assessments, as well as strategies for building and sustaining student engagement that cross all content areas. An emphasis is placed on ensuring that teachers build the capacity to help all of their students learn. QualityCore professional development is available in a half-day or five-day model.
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Half-Day Professional Development
The half-day professional development offers an introduction to the QualityCore online materials, while promoting familiarity with access to the QualityCore secure website. While being guided through the QualityCore Educator Resources, participants will learn best practices for use of each resource and receive suggestions on timing and sequence over the course of the year. Participants will also learn how to build assessments using the QualityCore formative item pools and selecting items coded to specific course standards and/or cognitive levels.
Features:- Delivered at a school, district, educational cooperative, or other entity. Multiple districts/schools may attend.
- Each event is open to all educators using any QualityCore course.
- Materials include a Participant Handbook and a course-specific binder.
- Great train-the-trainer professional development or an all-staff option.
- $5,400 per event with up to 75 participants ($10,800 for 76–150 participants).
Five-Day Professional Development
The five-day professional development offers an in-depth look at the QualityCore online materials and how to utilize them in conjunction with existing curriculum and classroom materials. The five-day model focuses on helping educators structure their courses and classrooms in ways that encourage high academic achievement. The professional development helps teachers understand and maximize the academic readiness and academic behaviors of their students. The five-day model also ensures teachers utilize assessment data, including the analysis of student work, to adapt and differentiate instruction to meet students’ needs.
Features:- An event includes one three-day session in the summer, a single-day session in the fall, and a single-day session in the spring.
- Facilitated within the client's district and offered at the building or district level.
- Multiple districts/schools can be in attendance at the same event.
- Each 5-day event includes only 1 domain (English, mathematics, or science).
- Materials include a Participant Handbook and a course-specific binder, additional model unit CDs (when available), and the Educator’s Toolbox.
- $14,000 per event with up to 35 participants ($28,000 for 36–70 participants).
