Professional Development
Program Goals
Goals of the Franklin Public School District's Professional Development Program are:
- To develop, review and revise curriculum in all content areas to assure alignment with the MA Curriculum Frameworks;
- To expand educators' knowledge of subject matter;
- To increase educators’ knowledge of and ability to implement standards based curriculum, instruction and assessment;
- To expand educators' skill levels in teaching students about diversity and social competency;
- To integrate technology in instruction across the curriculum;
- To use data to identify instructional and curricular weaknesses and strengths;
- To report student progress to parents and students in a format that will provide information on future academic goals;
- To provide support services and programs for beginning teachers.