Marathon County Special Education
Marathon County Children with Disabilities Education Board
 
 
 
Staff Development (Comprehensive System of Personnel Development-CSPD)
 
Contact: Cheryl Adams, Staff Development Coordinator at (715) 261-1980, x 1986
 
The primary role of the Staff Development Coordinator is to plan effectively for a coordinated inservice education program involving exceptional and regular educators, administrators and parents. This includes the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of a CSPD (Comprehensive System of Personnel Development) plan. In developing a plan, the Staff Development Coordinator works cooperatively with the Program Advisory Committee, Marathon County Children with Disabilities Education Board members, District Administrators and program support staff.

 
Throughout the year, the Staff Development Coordinator:
  1. Assists in the implementation of inservices, training sessions, workshops and special projects;
  2. Assists in exploring innovative programs, approaches and materials to expand teaching skills and services provided by Marathon County Special Education staff members;
  3. Assists with the development and administration of the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development Program budget;
  4. Participates in grant writing to obtain funds to pilot novel training programs;
  5. Coordinates the establishment of procedures, protocol, timetables, forms, letters, assignment of workshop sites, and all practical elements of inservice and training programs;
  6. Prepares and coordinates dissemination of promotional/informational materials sent to staff members and administrators announcing inservices and training opportunities;
  7. Evaluates all inservices, workshops and training programs;
  8. Studies the educational needs of the school districts served by MCSE and
  9. Coordinates, schedules and presents KOTB inservice programs and presentations for MCSE school districts as well as program requests outside the consortium.