Training can be added and offered to employees daily, which saves the district time, printing and postage costs. Registration for training of Transportation, Maintenance operators, Child Nutrition and Facilities employees are not online and are coordinated through the Facilities Trainer. About 95 percent of the training in the district for teachers is offered on the system. The plan offers the staff a menu of training that teachers can choose from to meet the department's needs to offer general teaching models. Individual training plans are not used to determine the staff development offerings.
Principals develop campus staff development plans.
Principals also monitor progress toward meeting the goals of the plans. Additionally, principals monitor the progress of their staff's participation in district training activities on the Intranet Web site. The principals can offer additional training as needed for their school. Forty-three percent of the teachers responding to the TSPR survey disagreed that the district's staff development plan was effective. Teachers may be in need of special training in their content area or with issues unique to their schools.