The Talent Development Office (TDO) will help build a District infrastructure through cross-departmental collaboration that will create the conditions to foster the development of excellent teachers and leaders with a strong focus on equity in all aspects of public education. Through strategic focus on university preparation, recruitment, induction, and professional development efforts that are aligned to TDO's framework for excellent teaching and leadership, TDO will retain talented teachers and leaders who are equipped with the necessary skills to ensure that students thrive in every classroom in every school.

Moreover, TDO supports teachers and administrators in their efforts to develop — through personal-professional collaboration at both the classroom and school-site levels, through reflection, and through their own continuing education — into highly effective classroom practitioners and school-site leaders.  An essential resource for both new and experienced educators, TDO focuses on the structuring and management of individual-classroom and whole-school learning environments and the quality of instruction and leadership, insofar as those structures, management strategies, environments, instructional practices, and leadership models promote student achievement.  TDO is committed to recruiting, supporting and retaining exemplary OUSD faculties and school-site leaders through its mentoring and professional development programs.  Thereby TDO  promotes the general model of whole faculties that are highly developed in their professional capacities and where collaboration is central to the work.  This strengthens the ability of schools and the District overall to grow teachers and administrators from within, to nurture them, and to attract and retain the finest in the profession.

•  Make & Take Teacher Resource Center
•  TDO Substitute Teacher
•  Coach/Mentor Training and Support
•  SOS: Support Solutions Hotline
•  Teachers Observing Teachers: A Classroom Observation Program
•  Teacher Showcase
•  Professional Development Programs
•  Summer Institute Training Programs