Burlington Standards Board

Next Monthly Meeting:
November 12th
Central Office
3:30

See Reminders for upcoming Workshop Dates

January 7, 2009: All IPDP's are due from:
-Recertifying personnel
-Teachers who came from another district and need to bring plan into compliance with Burlington's Plan of Operation
-Teachers who came from another state who need to develop a plan
-Teachers moving from Level I to Level II license

January 7, 2009: Portfolio Workshop

April 1, 2009: All portfolios of recertifying teachers due to LSB. Hand them in to Dolores Cox at Central Office

June 10, 2009: Last LSB meeting of the 2008-2009 school year

June 30, 2009 : All Level II licenses for 2002 expire June 30, 2009

Philosophy

The professional educators of the Burlington School District and the Board of School Commissioners are united in the belief that students are best provided with quality education when educators establish the standards for their own professional growth and development consistent with the Five Standards of Quality for Vermont Educators (Learning, Professional Knowledge, Colleagueship, Advocacy and Accountability), the sixteen Principles for Vermont Educators, the Vermont Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities, and the school or district's initiatives for improved student learning.

We believe that educators, like all professionals, can continue to grow, to improve, to achieve higher levels of competence, and to ensure public trust through a system that permits professional educators to establish those standards that define excellence for their profession.

We believe that these goals are best met when professionals work together to establish and maintain the process by which individuals are held accountable.

Reminders:

Oct. 14th Workshop:
Completing Appendix C forms

Nov.17th Workshop:
How to write an IPDP

Dec. 7th Workshop:
How to write an IPDP

Workshops 3:30-4:30
Central Office

Licenses and IPDPs should be sent to Susan Saunders at Flynn . All paperwork must be logged by Susan and then we must -by regulations -approve those at a Board meeting. Portfolios should be hand delivered to Central Office.