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Professional Development
Our Mission
The goal of the Murrieta Valley Unified School District Staff Development Program is to improve the quality of classroom instruction by increasing the skills and competence of all teachers, thereby improving educational opportunities for the district's students.
Programs Designed to Support New Teachers
Programs Designed to Support Experienced Teachers
These programs operate under the auspices of the Teacher Support Network Joint Committee, a seven-member panel composed of three district administrators and four Murrieta Educator Association representatives.
MEA representatives
- Briann Munyanziza - Special Education Teacher Representative
- Stephen Pyde - Middle School Representative
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Miranda Sather - Murrieta Mesa High School
- Candace Whisenand - Elementary School Representative
District representatives
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Daniel Baldwin - Human Resources Director
- Marcie Kea - Murrieta Elementary Site Principal
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Elle Mendoza - IBI Coordinator, Special Education
The Teacher Support Network Committee is expanded to fourteen members quarterly and serves as the district’s Teacher Induction Advisory Committee. The committee’s purpose is to oversee the district’s in-house state-accredited induction program. The California Commission for Teacher Credentialing has approved the district’s plan, enabling new teachers with a preliminary credential to clear their credential over a two-year period by completing the Murrieta Valley Induction Program.
In addition to the identified Teacher Support Network Joint Committee members above, the additional members include:
Teacher Induction Advisory Committee non-voting members
- Susan Hall, Azusa Pacific University, IHE Representative
- Erika Saito, UMass Global University, IHE Representative
- Melissa Woolfrey- Induction Mentor Representative
- Michelle Glaser - Induction Candidate Representative
- Sean McCarthy - Induction Program Director & Secondary Leader / Coordinator of Staff Development
- Jill Buschhausen - Induction Program Elementary Leader / EL Coordinator
- Rachel Duffy - Induction Program Special Education Leader / Educational Services Senior Program Specialist
If you have any questions or concerns regarding professional development, please contact Sean McCarthy at 951-696-1600 Ext. 1280 or Erica Franklin at Ext. 1028.
