The Colorado Staff Development Council provides leadership in Colorado in the area of professional development with a focus on increasing student success, promoting change and risk-taking, and sharing expertise. CSDC serves its members and other educators by networking, problem-solving, sharing and learning collaboratively.
CSDC is an affiliate of the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) whose mission is to ensure success for all students by serving as the international network for those who improve schools and by advancing individual and organizational development.
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Check out additional professional learning opportunities offered through:
Center for Transforming Learning and Teaching
CSDC
P.O. Box 1289
Morrison, CO
80465-1289
303-697-1517
The Colorado Staff Development Council would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank all presenters of 2009 CSDC workshops. These outstanding educators volunteer their time and expertise providing excellent professional learning events for Colorado educators.
We would also like to thank the Colorado Education Association for providing copies of handouts for all CSDC events. Thanks to CEA for their generous support of both CSDC and event participants.
Two Cutting Edge April Events!
The Journey of Learning through Conflict: Life Lessons
Friday, April 2, 2010 (8:00-3:30)
Warren Tech High School (Founders Room)
Presented by:
Heather Clifton
Educational Consultant, Former Principal
Chrysann McBride
Educational Consultant, Former Principal
This workshop will provide frameworks for understanding conflict in schools, strategies & protocols for having difficult conversations with colleagues, & processes for exploring personal beliefs & styles for managing conflict.
» Specific details, registration, and driving directions. Registration deadline:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
**Relicensure and UCD or Adams State
credit available**
186,258 miles, 220 meetings,
8,000 logins…
It’s the New Colorado Academic Standards!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 (8:00-12:00)
Jefferson County Education Association Building
Presented by:
Linda Barker
Director of Teaching and Learning, CEA
Jo O’Brien
Assistant Director, CDE, Office of Standards and Assessments
Melissa Colsman
Math Content Specialist and Assistant Director, CDE, Office of Standards and Assessments
Angela Norlander
Principal Consultant, CDE, Office of Standards and Assessments
This workshop is A MUST for those who want to learn about the new Colorado Academic Standards! Among other things, presenters will provide an overview of the revision process and what these new standards mean for the classroom.
» Specific details, registration, and driving directions.
Registration deadline:
Thursday, April 8, 2010
**Relicensure and UCD or Adams State
credit available**
Two Free Webinar Opportunities!
Featuring Joellen Killion
NSDC’s Deputy Executive Director
Professional Learning in Lean Times
March 22, 2010, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Data Leads Professional Learning
April 20, 2010, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
» Details & registration for one or both webinars.
**The access link and login details will be sent to you
via email before each session .*
Education Commissioner Dwight Jones Meets with CSDC Board!
In lieu of the cancelled February 23rd Leadership Forum the CSDC Board was able to meet with Commissioner Jones. What we learned was extremely valuable!
Visits since: 05/30/05
“Learning Schools Bring NSDC's PD Definition to Life”
Click here to read this interesting article by Tracy Crow, Associate Director of NSDC publications.
» Read a letter to CSDC from Senator Michael Bennet pdf
NSDC’s New Definition of Professional Development
NSDC’s new definition of professional development is what we have been waiting for! The definition means that at long last, NSDC, the leader in the field of professional development, is prepared to describe explicitly how school systems and schools must organize and implement professional learning to increase student achievement. Note that while the definition is rooted in the essential elements of NSDC’s Standards for Staff Development, it goes beyond the Standards. Whereas the Standards describe the broad conditions necessary for high quality professional development, the definition takes the next step to delineate specific practices school systems and schools must put in place to improve the performance of educators and students.
» Click here to view a printable copy of NSDC’s definition of Professional Development.