Mission & Goals
The mission of the Arizona K-12 Center is to improve teaching and learning in Arizona's schools through high quality professional development and teacher leadership.
In order to achieve this mission we believe that high quality professional development should be:
- Accessible in terms of proximity and cost
- Relevant to the school and classroom environment
- Proven effective based on research, best practices, and program evaluation
- Based on students needs
- Based on the Arizona Academic Standards for Students and the Arizona Professional Teaching Standards
The Board of Directors has established three priority goals for the Center. The Center will:
- Facilitate and provide quality teacher leadership and professional development opportunities that are focused on building teacher and school capacity to improve student learning and teacher retention.
- Provide opportunities for school districts and practitioners to engage in research and access information related to quality professional development that will increase the effectiveness of teaching and learning in measurable ways.
- Coordinate and organize a statewide system of professional development and assistance to educators that utilizes our institutional and organizational partners and is based on professional standards and practices.
