Professional Development

Estrella High School is committed to developing a culture in which all employees engage in continuous professional development to achieve school and personal goals. The primary goal of professional development is to support our teachers in providing a quality education to ALL students.

In order to support the learning and teaching systems at Estrella High School, we provide a comprehensive, sustained, and intensive approach to improving teachers' effectiveness. To ensure that the professional development efforts at EHS improve instruction, we strive to ensure that our professional development structures are:

• Aligned with rigorous student achievement standards and school improvement goals
• Conducted by qualified administrators, coaches, mentors, and other teacher leaders
• Individualized to meet the needs of teachers through learning plans and goals developed collaboratively using Jim Knight's Impact Cycle
• Systemically occur as a natural function of teaching and learning in PLC teams
• Reviewed through a continuous improvement cycle