Summer HEAT 2006 Offers Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers in Miami Dade County School District
An Overview of Summer Heat 2006
Miami Schools are offering a range of summer professional development courses for its public school teachers and administrators in order to help teachers meet federal requirements and learn new methods and approaches to teaching. Teachers are eligible to take one Summer Heat course. These courses will be offered during June and July. Most courses last about a week and meet from 8:15 AM to 3:15 PM daily.
The teacher must attend every day of the session in order to receive Master Plan Points. The Miami Dade County School Districts Master Plan Points Program help teachers earn the graduate level credits that they need to meet the Highly Qualified Teacher Status outlined by the No Child Left Behind Act. Six Master Plan Points per day are awarded for all the courses with the exception of those that grant actual college credit.
Professional Development for Teachers
Miami Dade County School District teachers benefit from a range of courses that help focus their teaching on special at risk...