Professional Development
Individualized Support that Promotes Professional Growth
All Acero teachers begin the year by developing a Professional Growth Plan, which highlights the areas each teacher would like to further develop. Through individual and small-group meetings held throughout the year, teachers are provided with personalized feedback gathered through classroom observations, lesson plan review, unit plan review and assessment review.
Network Support for School Leaders
In order to ensure all Acero staff members continue to build professional capacity; Acero has designed unique opportunities for school leadership teams to reflect on and strengthen their practice. Principals collaborate regularly with one another and school support staff to discuss important information. In addition, there is a Central Academic Team that provides ongoing support related to policy, school leadership and the management of staff.
Evaluation
All Acero employees hold themselves accountable for student achievement. To support this, Acero prioritizes coaching of all teachers to strengthen instructional practices. We are committed to providing a fair, clear, transparent, and comprehensive system to measure teacher performance and reward and recognize high performing teachers.
Two evaluations for all roles take place each year – the mid-year evaluation is formative, and the end-of-the year evaluation is summative. All components of job performance are taken into consideration when doing evaluations.