Providing high quality professional opportunities is critical to supporting your growth and professional development. In Belmont, professional learning is supported through in these ways:

• Professional Development Meetings (faculty, department, and curriculum meetings) led by Principals, Directors, and Curriculum Specialists focusing on district, school, and program goals and strategic initiatives

• Professional development courses, seminars, workshops, and study groups led by BPS educators and partner organizations (held during meeting and early release times as well as optional times after school, evenings, weekends, and summers)

• Funds are set aside in the budget to reimburse teachers who choose to take district sponsored courses that are highly recommended, as well as other graduate level courses from accredited degree granting institutions.

As you plan your professional development for the year, it is our hope that these workshops and opportunities will support your Professional Practice and Student Learning Goals as well as your ongoing learning and growth.

UPCOMING DISTRICT SPONSORED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY:

IDEAS 1: Anti-Racist School Practices to Support the Success of All Students: This 25-hour foundational course invites educators to critically examine how identities and lived experiences shape our understanding of privilege and systemic injustice, across racism and other forms of identity-based oppression, and our role in challenging them. Participants will explore what it means to develop a conscious racial identity while working toward equity and justice, and how this process strengthens our capacity to build inclusive, equity-driven learning environments. 

GRADUATE CREDIT/TUITION REIMBURSEMENT

• Overview of Graduate Credit and Tuition Reimbursement Process

• Frontline Tutorial for requesting approval for Graduate Credit and Tuition Reimbursement

• Frontline Professional Growth How To Video

• W-9 Form to receive reimbursement.  (Submit only the first page of the form). W-8BEN Form for Non-US Citizens

LICENSURE INFORMATION

• Licensure Information

• BPS Form 19 - Re-certification Reimbursement

WEDNESDAY MEETINGS SCHEDULE and PDP TRACKING

• Wednesday Meetings and Early Release Schedule 2025-26

• Tracking Professional Development Points (PDPs) using Frontline

STUDY GROUPS

Staff members are encouraged to propose and participate in study groups.  Teachers and administrators who share a common interest form the Study Group.

• Study Group Process Overview

• Study Group Proposal Form