Developmental Guidelines for Maryland Professional Development Schools

Standard V: Equity

Continuing Professional Development Developmental Guidelines

The PDS supports equitable involvement of PreK-16 faculty/staff and interns

to support equitable outcomes for diverse learners.

Beginning	Developing	At Standard
A1. PDS partners discuss and explore the availability of monetary and human resources to support PDS efforts.	A1. PDS partners identify monetary and human resources to support PDS work.	A1. All PDS partners have access to benefits of the PDS partnership such as monetary and human resources.
A2. PDS partners discuss strategies to elicit support and involvement of stakeholders.	A2. PDS partners initiate and participate in activities to elicit broad involvement of stakeholders in PDS activities.	A2. PDS partners engage in actions to support broad involvement of stakeholders in PDS activities and assess the results of stakeholder involvement.
B. PDS partners acknowledge the value of and collaboratively plan training to support knowledge, skills and dispositions surrounding equity issues.	B. PDS partners implement training to support knowledge, skills and dispositions surrounding equity issues.	B. PDS partners participate in, assess and refine training to support knowledge, skills and dispositions surrounding equity issues.
C. PDS partners plan to recruit faculty, staff and interns who represent diverse backgrounds.	C. PDS partners engage in recruiting faculty, staff and interns who represent diverse backgrounds.	C. PDS partners represent diverse backgrounds.