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Upper Darby highlights summer professional development and international learning tour
Summary
District leaders told the Education and People Services Committee about clustered principal training, a three‑day new‑teacher orientation and a nine‑day international professional learning tour that officials say reinforced recruitment, retention and school‑culture priorities.
Dr. Counsel, a district presenter, described a nine‑day professional learning tour to Sweden, Finland and Estonia that he took this summer with more than 30 school leaders, saying the trip emphasized immersion learning, school visits and strategies the district can adapt.
"When we raise the status of teaching ... we know that we can attract great teachers," Dr. Counsel said, summarizing a central lesson from Finnish educators about teacher respect,…
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