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Deputy superintendent outlines 2025–26 professional development plan and new instructional model
Summary
Deputy Superintendent Catherine Fishman presented the district’s Professional Development Plan and Michael Naglas outlined a proposed instructional model emphasizing skills (executive functioning, information literacies) and new scheduling ideas such as BYOG to create more self-directed learning time.
Catherine Fishman, deputy superintendent, presented the Mineola Union Free School District’s Professional Development Plan (PDP) for 2025–26, describing structured cycles of professional learning, independent study options and survey feedback used to shape next year’s training. Fishman said the PDP aligns adult learning with district goals, instructional leadership and learner data.
Fishman told the board the PDP uses three cycles with four sessions per cycle, offers asynchronous “SNACs” (short new applications of expertise) and includes independent-study options for support staff and…
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