0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 13
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0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| SHERYL M. WILLIAMS
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0008| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO EXAMINE THE
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0012| FEASIBILITY OF CREATING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AS
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0013| STATED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR NEW MEXICO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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0015| WHEREAS, professional development means high quality,
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0016| ongoing training with intensive follow-up and support that is
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0017| designed to improve student achievement; and
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0018| WHEREAS, professional development should include
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0019| teachers, administrators, staff members, board members,
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0020| parents and community members; and
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0021| WHEREAS, since time and resources are critical for
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0022| professional development, school districts must examine how to
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0023| help educators improve subject-matter knowledge, enhance
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0024| professional skills, implement innovative instructional
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0025| approaches and discuss concepts and techniques among
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0001| themselves; and
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0002| WHEREAS, the goal for professional development in the
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0003| strategic plan for New Mexico public schools is that
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0004| professional development for teachers, administrators and
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0005| other staff members will be implemented within a unified
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0006| systemic framework that will institutionalize a high-quality
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0007| dynamic program to support and enhance improved teacher,
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0008| administrator and staff capability; and
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0009| WHEREAS, professional development will lead to student
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0010| achievement by preparing educators to accommodate changing
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0011| environments, knowledge and learning strategies in the
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0012| classroom of the future;
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0013| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0014| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico state board of
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0015| education be requested to examine the feasibility of creating
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0016| a professional development council whose tasks will be to
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0017| develop guidelines to implement the professional development
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0018| goals and objectives in the strategic plan for New Mexico
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0019| public schools and guidelines to provide a framework that
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0020| includes guidelines for school districts to formulate long-
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0021| range professional development plans that meet the needs of
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0022| their schools and communities as defined in each school
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0023| district's educational plans for student success and that
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0024| improve student achievement; and
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0025| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the professional development
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0001| council include representatives from school districts,
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0002| colleges of education, educational organizations, the state
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0003| department of public education and community members; and
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0004| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state department of
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0005| public education provide recommendations on the feasibility of
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0006| creating a professional development council to the legislative
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0007| education study committee no later than October 1, 1998; and
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0008| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0009| sent to the superintendent of public instruction and the
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0010| director of the legislative education study committee for
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0011| appropriate distribution.
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