Welcome to the Office of Organizational Development (OOD) website.
The mission of OOD is to develop all staff and improve the effectiveness of the organization to ensure high achievement for every student. Another way we say this is “Student learning drives our work.” We are committed to helping every school, every office, and every MCPS staff member develop the skills and knowledge they need in order to ensure success for all students and eliminate the achievement gap according to race.
These efforts are carried out by OOD teams you see listed in the column on the left. Each team has a specific mission and role to play in pursuing the OOD mission. Please click on any of the team links for information, resources, and contacts.
We look forward to working with you during the school year.
Jamie Virga
Associate Superintendent
A Resource for Equitable Classroom Practices 2009 (PDF)
Resources to Support Differentiated Instruction
* Tier One Summer Training Memo - 2009 (PDF)
Attachment A (PDF)
Attachment B (PDF)
Staff Development
Video Resources
Access 13 complete video lessons with support materials and teacher reflections as well as numerous video highlights on activators, summarizers, and equitable teaching strategies
Access over 200 MCPS created staff development video resources in this searchable, web database. Videos can be searched by keywords, level, type of resource, school, teacher, and instructional practice.
Problem Solving for Student Success
Presentations for principals to use with staff on collaborative problem solving, educational management team guidelines, and special education procedures.
* Supporting Services Mentoring Program
Learn more about this important component of the SSPGS that will provide additional strategies to ensure the employment of highly qualified and diverse professional and support personnel.
* PGS Writing Resources
PGS Writing Resources provides you with the same sections of the three handbooks that you are accustomed to using in hard copies, but now these sections are in Microsoft WORD so that you can easily copy and paste sentences or phrases into the document you are creating. A searchable database with over 1000 claims from all PDS systems is also online. Video Overview
* New to Grades K-2
An overview of team planning, use of manipulatives and Essential Learnings for teachers new to grades K-2.
* Promethean Tools: Support Site for MCPS Promethean Classrooms
* Tools for Teaching: Extensive resources for schools intersted in starting a study group on the Fred Jones book Tools for Teaching.
The online training calendar and
registration system is now available using:
Professional Development Online (PDO)
• Mission: Our mission is
to develop all staff and improve the effectiveness
of the organization to ensure high achievement for
every student.
• Vision: Student learning
drives the work of a highly skilled staff, dedicated
to equity and the deliberate pursuit of excellence
rooted in a culture of continuous improvement.
• Core Values: Commitment to
High Quality Work; Collaboration; Professionalism;
Integrity; Professional Growth and Continuous Improvement
OOD
Flowchart with Mission and Vision Statements from
all Teams (MS Word)
