District presents 2025–26 professional development plan focused on equity and evaluation

Sept. 9, 2025 — The Education Affairs Committee heard a presentation of the district's 2025'26 professional development plan, which the presenters said is built around three pillars'excellence, equity and cultural proficiency, and alignment'and is intended to support staff growth and help close opportunity gaps. The plan is designed to align stakeholder priorities with state-required training and to provide district-, department- and building-level professional learning. Committee members were also shown an evaluation framework that uses immediate feedback collected in the district's My Learning Plan system and a set of follow-up metrics to assess whether training is producing expected changes for staff and, later, for students. Why it matters: The plan combines stakeholder priorities with trainings the Pennsylvania Department of Education requires districts to provide, and district leaders said the evaluation work will be used to document compliance and to guide future professional learning investments. District presenters described the plan's priorities as teaching diverse learners through…