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Upper Darby highlights summer professional development, international learning tour for administrators

5927180 · August 27, 2025
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District leaders reviewed principals’ summer training, new-teacher orientation and a superintendent-led international professional learning tour that emphasized Finnish practices for recruitment, retention and school culture.

Upper Darby School District leaders told the Education and People Services Committee on Aug. 26 that summer professional development included clustered principal training, a three-day new-teacher orientation and opening-year staff professional development to prepare for the 2025–26 school year.

Dr. Kelly (presentation lead) and Mr. Marshallak described a weeklong clustered training for principals designed to give leaders time to digest data, plan local professional learning and focus on student success goals. Dr. Kelly said the…

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