Week+1+Component+4+(Staff+Development+Program)

__Staff Development__

__Minimum State Provision __

Brginning teacher and Mentoring Program

__Desirable Local Provision __

E-Train (for HISD) PDAS required 45-hours of staff development each year, more for new teachers

__Preliminary Suggestion for Improvement__

A statewide state professional development for certain areas that builds/reinforces each content (at least) area. Each year, teachers meet to see what went right, what didn't work, and what really stunk, as well as learn (or are reminded of) best practices, ideas for implementation, etc. This should be part of the district required hours for professional development.