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Welcome to the PCSD Professional Development Page

A stack of books with words like 'training', 'coaching', and 'knowledge' on them, against a blue background, with the text 'Poughkeepsie City School District' and 'Professional Development Page'.

Professional development refers to continuing education and training that involves individual and collective reflection that leads to improvement of practice. The Poughkeepsie City School District values its staff and understands the importance of staff engaging in a continuous process to expand their capacity to meet the varying and evolving needs of Poughkeepsie City School District students. Continuous, high-quality professional development is essential for this to occur.

The professional development site for the Poughkeepsie City School District describes a vision for adult learning that is collaborative, continuous, embedded in daily practice, and focused on the overall goal of improving student achievement, specific to literacy and numeracy across curricular areas, and supporting the social and emotional needs of PCSD students.

In addition to the main goal, PCSD professional development aims to increase knowledge and use of best practices, retain highly effective instructional staff, align practices across the district, and support a continuous professional learning community. The "community of practice" model -- where staff members work together to collectively refine their craft - builds on the momentum from prior school years and supports collaborative work focused on building a district-wide culture of literacy and numeracy. We are relentless in the pursuit of excellence for students and staff across the Poughkeepsie City School District. We strive to cultivate learning environments that support adult learning strategically linked to student outcomes through the growth of teacher and school leader practices. This will be updated frequently to provide meaningful opportunities for PCSD to access professional development that supports building capacity.

Staff Development Forms

In-Service Form
 

   .pdf

2025-05-05

Professional Development Opportunities - Out of District

  • PCSD is a member of the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center and through this partnership, our staff can regularly attend workshops for no additional charge. Upcoming courses are regularly emailed to staff.

    CTLE Approved Provider? (Staff should always confirm that selected workshop if for CTLE Credit) - Yes

  • Edweb is an online portal for webinars on a variety of educational topics. Individuals can sign up for webinars live or rewatch webinars from their
    extensive library.

    • Provider Website: EdWeb

    CTLE Approved Provider? (Staff should always confirm that selected workshop is for CTLE credit) - Yes

  • Provides free professional development opportunities on the topics of supporting English Language Learners. Individuals can sign up for webinars live or rewatch webinars from their extensive library.

    CTLE Approved Provider? (Staff should always confirm that selected workshop is for CTLE credit) - Yes

  • The Hudson Valley Writing Project (HVWP) at the State University of New York at New Paltz is a professional development organization whose purpose is to improve the teaching of writing and to promote literacy development at all levels of education, preschool through university. 

    CTLE Approved Provider? (Staff should always confirm that selected workshop is for CTLE credit)  - Yes

  • Staff must create a log-in connected to the Infinite Campus accounts which will allow them access to a library of video resources.

    CTLE Approved Provider? (Staff should always confirm that selected workshop is for CTLE credit) - No

  • A selection of videos, self-paced courses, and resources around a variety of topics.

    CTLE Approved Provider? (Staff should always confirm that selected workshop is for CTLE credit) - No