School Type: Public	School Setting: Suburban
Level: K-12	School Design: Alternative
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National Awards Program for Model Professional Development

Design and Implementation

• Coordinated Efforts Among Teachers. Within Hungerford, different curriculum committees, functioning as professional development teams, set standards for student achievement and evaluate the faculty's progress based on student progress. Teachers have opportunities to learn specific skills through teams, study groups, and peer coaching. Hungerford and the district's improvement plans identify the same areas for improvement, and the district calendar supports the school's efforts for improvement in those areas.

• Professional Development Laboratory Site. Hungerford has been designated by the district as a Professional Development Laboratory (PDL). As a PDL site, the school hosts "visiting" teachers from elsewhere in the district, who spend extended weekly sessions in a "resident" teacher's classroom. The PDL model provides an opportunity for successful teachers to exchange ideas with colleagues from other schools during the school day.

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