Midlothian ISD Curriculum & Instruction Department
MISD Vision: Inspiring excellence today to change the world tomorrow.
MISD Mission: The mission of Midlothian ISD is to educate students by empowering them to maximize their potential.
MISD Beliefs:
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We believe that safe, engaging, rigorous, and diverse learning environments provide the best opportunity for students to reach their fullest potential.
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We believe a high quality staff with appropriate resources is essential to creating educational experiences that promote student success.
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We believe that effective communication, purposeful collaboration, and strong partnerships create an atmosphere of trust and a strong sense of community vital to student achievement.
Standards for Professional Learning
Midlothian ISD’s standards for professional learning are aligned with our mission, vision, and objectives. Our professional learning standards are also tightly linked with the objectives of the Midlothian ISD Strategic Plan. To ensure quality, MISD adheres to the Standards for Professional Learning endorsed by Learning Forward Texas. These standards are explained below or can be accessed at Learning Forward Texas.
Midlothian ISD 2021-22 Professional Development Plan Presentation
Learning Communities
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students occurs within learning communities committed to continuous improvement, collective responsibility, and goal alignment.
Leadership
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students requires skillful leaders who develop capacity, advocate, and create support systems for professional learning.
Resources
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students requires prioritizing, monitoring, and coordinating resources for educator learning.
Data
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students uses a variety of sources and types of student, educator, and system data to plan, assess, and evaluate professional learning.
Learning Designs
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students integrates theories, research, and models of human learning to achieve its intended outcomes.
Implementation
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students applies research on change and sustains support for implementation of professional learning for long term change.
Outcomes
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students aligns its outcomes with educator performance and student curriculum standards.
MISD PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PARTICIPANTS
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Essential Professional Learning Opportunities |
Extended Professional Learning Opportunities |
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Teachers - Early in Career |
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All Teachers |
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Teacher Leaders |
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Leadership - Early in Career |
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All Leaders |
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Classified Staff - Early in Career |
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All Classified Staff |
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Continuous, Personalized Professional Development
MISD aspires to create optimum professional learning opportunities through a commitment to personalization of learning opportunities. MISD professional learning priorities are based on achieving these goals:
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Safe, engaging, rigorous, and diverse learning environments that provide the best opportunity for students to reach their fullest potential
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A high quality staff with appropriate resources, essential to creating educational experiences that promote student success.
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Effective communication, purposeful collaboration, and strong partnerships to create an atmosphere of trust and a strong sense of community vital to student achievement.
Conclusion
Midlothian ISD strives to empower teachers, leaders, and district staff members by providing continuous, personalized professional learning opportunities that inspire excellence. MISD purposefully nurtures the potential of every district employee in order to guarantee that our students will benefit from the greatest educational opportunities possible.