Maryland+Teacher+Professional+Development+Standards

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**We will focus on the following Professional Development Standards for this wiki and the technology workshops: **  ** IV. Diverse learning needs - Effective professional development ensures that all teachers have the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to meet the diverse learning needs of all of their students. **  ** Indicator 4b:  ** **  Professional development provides opportunities for teachers to develop and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to design and implement instructional and assessment strategies that meet diverse student learning needs and help all students master Maryland content standards. **  ** IX. Design and teacher learning - Effective professional development content and process reflect best practices in workplace learning and in-depth understanding of how and why adults learn. **  ** Indicator 9d: Professional development relies on information technologies to provide more extensive and diverse content, and it also relies on communication technologies to expand access and participation and to create virtual professional learning communities. **  ** VI. Family involvement - Effective professional development ensures that all teachers have the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to involve families and other community members as active partners in their children’s education. **  ** Indicator 6c:  ** **  Professional development includes opportunities for teachers to master the use of technology to strengthen partnerships with families and the community. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">