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Klamath County SD leaders outline expanded professional development, new-teacher mentoring and district in‑service options
Summary
District professional development leaders presented a three‑tier teacher development framework, proposed a revised in‑service schedule to increase collaboration and time for medical trainings, and described growth of mentoring, library services and curriculum adoptions.
Lacey Teeters, co‑chair of the professional development committee and lead elementary mentor, and Laurie Ross, lead secondary mentor, presented the district’s updated professional development plan and mentoring work to the Klamath County School District Board of Education.
The plan defines three levels of teacher development — Level 1 for new teachers, Level 2 for developing teachers and Level 3 for master teachers — and emphasizes sustainability by having experienced teachers return as in‑district trainers. “We are just gonna work hard at providing professional development that is specific to content areas and professional development that applies to just good teaching strategies all around,” Teeters said.
Why it matters: district leaders said the revisions are intended to build internal capacity, reduce reliance…
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