Stacye Gibson and Jessica Kaminski, left to right, laugh in this file photo as they work with other Normal Park teachers to come up with a mathematical formula to determine the areas of various shapes.Once a month, Normal Park teachers become students.
They put away their lesson plans and red pens and pull out their course catalog and start scheduling classes.
Some of their options: Art Therapy, Kinesthetic Classrooms, Power of Pre-Tests and Is National Board Certification Right for Me?
The monthly hourlong classes began at Normal Park’s upper and lower school as an alternative to the school’s faculty meeting, and now serve as hyperspecific professional development.
“With pre-k-8, you can never meet everybody’s needs,” Principal Jill Levine said. “This raises the level of professionalism and recognizes the strengths of our staff.”