Rigorous Program of Study Framework
Ten Components and Subcomponents
Component 3:
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sustained, intensive, and focused opportunities for administrators, teachers, and faculty foster POS design, implementation, and maintenance.
Subcomponents:
Effective professional development should:
- Support the alignment of curriculum from grade to grade (9-12) and from secondary to postsecondary education (vertical curriculum alignment).
- Support the development of integrated academic and career and technical curriculum and instruction (horizontal curriculum alignment).
- Ensure that teachers and faculty have the content knowledge to align and integrate curriculum and instruction.
- Foster innovative teaching and learning strategies (see Component #9, Teaching and Learning Strategies). >>>Next>>>
