Common use of JOINT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Clause in Contracts

JOINT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. ESSA Section 1119 – Coordination Requirement [(b) Each LEA shall carry out agreements with Head Start and other early childhood development programs on coordination, including…] Head Start Act Section 642A – Transition and Alignment with K-12 Education and Section 642 (e)(5) – Memorandum of Understanding (4) Organizing and participating in joint transition-related training of school staff, Head Start program staff and where appropriate, other early childhood education program staff. Head Start Act Sec. 642A (a)(1)(4) [Coordination with LEAs and schools shall include...] Organizing and participating in joint training of staff on topics such as academic content standards, instructional methods, curricula, and social and emotional development Head Start Act Sec. 642(e)(S)(A)(ii)(V) and (VI) [MOU between Head Start and the local entity managing public preschool shall include...] (V) Staff training, including opportunities for joint staff training on topics such as academic content standards, instructional methods, curricula, and social and emotional development; (VI) program technical assistance • Early childhood-elementary joint professional development activities jointly organized and/or facilitated by OSSE, LEAs, HSAs and/or early childhood development programs; • LEA staff training sessions for staff serving children age three through second grade, in which LEAs invite and collaborate on planning with at least the HSAs and/or other early childhood development programs sending the largest number of students to the LEA; and/or • National conferences, regional conferences, District-wide conferences or webinars in which early childhood through second grade experts share best practices on early childhood, which may include coordination and transition to elementary school.