Professional Learning

Kettle Moraine School District's professional educators are continuous learners. They remain current in educational practice and work to ensure high quality teaching by individual study and by taking advantage of professional development opportunities. Relevant and research-based professional learning positively impacts student learning. Additionally, teacher efficacy and using student data to determine areas of growth allows for significant engagement in professional learning.

It is the goal of teachers and administrators to co-design opportunities aligned to the District vision and mission. Strong professional learning has always been a core belief of KMSD. Preserving common planning time for teachers, investing in the microcredential framework, using an Educator Effectiveness model that meets KMSD expectations for growth, and modeling innovative, teacher and learner-centric professional development has been foundational to our work.

In the Kettle Moraine School District, professional development is defined as any learning or training that supports professional growth in an area or skill.

Professional Learning Schedule

This list/schedule of professional learning opportunities within the Kettle Moraine School District is not exhaustive as we honor professional development offered through micro-credentials (typically originated by the individual and a small group of teachers and occurs outside the contracted day and at the expense of the employee), professional memberships, and on-demand webinars that aren’t organized or coordinated by the Curriculum and Instruction department.  

Building-Specific Professional Development Days
On professional development days, teachers participate in professional learning of varied types. Time is also spent in teacher collaboration teams to develop plans and strategies, as well as dedicated time to communicating with families about specific needs. 

(School specific plans will be provided prior to each planned professional development day)