St. Louis Regional Professional Development Center
What is the St. Louis RPDC
The St. Louis Regional Professional Development Center (RPDC) operates under contract with Cooperating School Districts, and combines CSD staff development resources with Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) resources. The St. Louis RPDC is one of nine regional centers created by DESE as part of the educational reform act of 1993. Our vision is related to supporting the work of schools and districts to focus on enhanced teacher skills and increased student learning.
Dennis Dorsey, Director
Sandra Blanco, Associate Director
Wayne Walker, Associate Director
St. Louis
RPDC Advisory Council (The new board will be
announced soon)
The primary purpose of the St. Louis Regional Professional Development Council is to:
• Provide advice to staff regarding program and service needs
• Provide advice regarding program and services promotion, delivery, and pricing
• Provide advice on program and service effectiveness and ways the Center can continuously improve
• Assist in short-term and long-term Center planning
• Review and assess activities of the Center
• Approve annual goals and strategic plan of the Center
• Promote the programs and services of the Center within council member school districts or organizations, communities and with the general public, and to
• Periodically review and examine how well the Center facilities collaboration among the various co-existing educational groups and organizations within the St. Louis area.
Location and
Map
DIRECTIONS from I-70 going East (toward downtown): Exit Hwy. I-70 East at Exit 240, University Boulevard. Turn right and proceed to the intersection of University Blvd. and University Place Drive. At that stop light, turn right onto University Place Drive. Proceed until you are able to get into the left turn lane and turn onto Mark Twain Drive. At the fork in the road, make another left down the hill, to the road which eventually dead ends. You will see the large red Regional Center for Education and Work sign on your left, Building #43.
Visitor parking is provided across the street on the lot of the QT Storage Building, #57.
DIRECTIONS from I-70 going West (from downtown): Exit Hwy. I-70 West at Exit 240, University Boulevard. Bear left. Turn left at the base of the exit ramp, and proceed to the intersection of University Blvd. and University Place Drive. At that stop light, turn right onto University Place Drive. Proceed until you are able to get into the left turn lane and turn onto Mark Twain Drive. At the fork in the road, make another left down the hill, to the road which eventually dead ends. You will see the large red Regional Center for Education and Work sign on your left, Building #43.
Visitor parking is provided across the street on the lot of the QT Storage Building, #57.
Click here to download a pdf of a map to the RPDC
Click the link to view a map http://www.umsl.edu/misc/Maps/north_campus.html
All RCEW/RPDC Visitors:
Parking Hang Tags OR valid UMSL Faculty/Staff stickers must be displayed on ALL vehicles using the lot adjacent to this building from 7:00 AM until 3:30 PM. Handicapped parking is available at all times. Failure to display a sticker or hang tag will result in a parking ticket from UMSL police.
Limited daily parking hang tags for this lot may be available if arrangements have been made with an office in this building.
