The Center for School and District Partnership (CSDP) is pleased to offer a variety of professional learning opportunities to support school and district improvement efforts in the 2023-2024 school year. Each of these opportunities advances educational equity and is being offered at no cost to participating teams. They are organized around the three categories below, although some offerings may address more than one priority.
This page will be updated regularly as new offerings become available. Please note that this list does not include non-voluntary supports provided by CSDP (e.g., regional assistance from the Statewide System of Support, Tiered Focus Monitoring from the Office of Language Acquisition, etc.)
Summary of CSDP Professional Learning Portfolio Opportunities:
Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Academy
Systemic Student Support Academy
Culturally Responsive Teaching Academy
High School Network for Scheduling and Staffing for Equity
Inclusive Instruction Academy
Learning Acceleration Network
Tiered Literacy Academy
Tiered Math Academy
English Learner Education and World Language Education Leadership Network
Prior to applying for an offering, districts/schools should consider:
The application link to each available offering is located in the right hand column of the chart. For offerings not yet open, the application link will be added to the chart when available.
Applications submitted by 4/28/2023 will receive a response from the Department in May.
Applications submitted between 4/29/2023 and 5/26/2023 will receive a status response from the Department in June.
Applications will remain open throughout the summer, until offerings are full.
Please know that while any Massachusetts district is able to apply for the offerings in this portfolio, priority will be given to districts identified as requiring assistance by the state's accountability system. Additional selection priorities or criteria are noted in each offering's description.
As participants in one or more of these offerings, district and school teams agree to participate in any ongoing evaluation and improvement efforts. The following is a list of example school- and district-level data that may be shared between partners, DESE, and/or potential third party evaluators.
Last Updated: September 8, 2023
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