Specifications include, but are not limited to: 2.1.1 ACADEMIC CONTENT/ ENRICHMENT i. Professional development content should align to HISD Curriculum. ii. Professional development content should align to Texas Education Knowledge and Skills. iii. Professional development content should focus on developing teachers into lifelong learners that seek feedback and growth opportunities to develop, lead, and collaborate. It should support in the continual development of content and pedagogy knowledge necessary for teaching diverse learners. iv. Professional development content should focus on developing teachers into literacy developers who can design and facilitate learning experiences that develop necessary skills for fluent reading, writing, speaking, and communicating across the content areas. v. Professional development content should focus on developing teachers as deeperlearning cultivators who design learning experiences that develop academic mindsets and foster critical thinking, innovation, and collaboration. 2.1.2 EFFECTIVE PRACTICE i. Professional development should support teachers in one or more of the criteria from the HISD Instructional Practice Rubric (guide). a. Develop student learning goals b. Collects, tracks, and uses student data to drive instruction c. Designs effective lesson plans, units, and assessments d. Facilitates organized, student-centered, objective-driven lessons e. Checks for students’ understanding and responds to students’ misunderstanding f. Differentiates instruction for student needs by employing a variety of instructional strategies g. Engages students in work that develops higher-level thinking skills h. Maximizes instructional time i. Communicates content and concepts to students j. Promotes high academic expectations for students k. Students actively participating in lesson activities