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GOAL 4: Create a Positive Work Environment in a Self-renewing Organization

MILESTONE 1: All employees will be provided with high-quality professional development opportunities to promote individual and organizational effectiveness.

DATA POINT: Supporting Services Employee Professional Growth System Data

OVERVIEW 

The Supporting Services Professional Growth System (SSPGS) recognizes the roles of support professional employees as multifaceted, dynamic, and integral to supporting high-quality teaching and learning. The SSPGS establishes an infrastructure that describes the skills and knowledge required for support professionals to assist in building learning communities for students and staff. Similar to the professional growth systems for teachers and administrative and supervisory personnel, the purpose of the SSPGS is to institute a comprehensive system for recruiting, staffing, evaluating, developing, recognizing, and retaining high-quality supporting services in all of our schools and offices. The SSPGS clearly outlines employee expectations for the professional development and evaluation process. The professional growth system for support professional employees includes the following:

• A competency-based professional development and evaluation plan for all support professional staff
• Core competencies for each supporting services job classification
• Training and development programs aligned with the competencies
• A performance improvement process (PIP) through the Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) program
• Career ladder opportunities

More Information: 

• 2010 Annual Report on this data point (66KB, PDF)