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Professional Development

Professional Development (No Child Left Behind NCLB Definition)

The term "professional development"-

  1. Includes activities that-
    1. improve and increase teacher’s knowledge of the academic subjects the teachers teach, and enable teachers to become highly qualified;
    2. are an integral part of broad schoolwide and districtwide educational improvement plans
    3. give teachers, principals, and administrators the knowledge and skills to provide students with the opportunity to meet challenging State academic content standards and student academic achievement standards;
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