SWAMPSCOTT – Citing eight years of “subpar professional development,” Director of Curriculum Lois Longin worked feverishly over the summer to innovate the ways in which teachers advance their careers.They came in the form of a six-section, 64-page handbook that Longin presented to the School Committee on Monday. She explained that the new handbook will put every educator on the same level and hold them to the same guidelines.While developing the new handbook, Longin asked several teachers what they would like to see and “what makes them excited.””I want you to be passionate about it, I want you to love it,” she told them in speaking about the new handbook.In response, Longin received 50 projects that teachers would like for their classrooms. They range from the Needs of English Language Learners to a Balanced Literacy Readers Workshop to ideas on how to alleviate stuttering and anxiety.A professional development fair is scheduled from April 7 through May 12, at which time teachers can display their finest projects.Superintendent Pamela Angelakis explained that the results of the recent TELL MASS survey revealed “the real lack of professional development throughout this district.” According to tellmass.org, the survey allows teachers “to determine if they have the supports necessary for effective teaching.”Longin highlighted the handbook’s fourth section as “the most important, for this year anyway.”The section presented the new teacher evaluation process that had been streamlined by Longin and several of her colleagues during the summer break.Although the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provided administrators with the necessary evaluation forms, Longin said that they still needed to be adapted to work for Swampscott.”Everybody is using these forms now,” said Angelakis. “It’s much more calibrated than it was.”Longin added that a number of state forms were eliminated as well.”We cut a good 20 other forms,” she said.Longin called attention to Section Two pertaining to licensure renewal.”There are a tremendous amount of different types of licenses,” she said. “It’s very confusing.”However, the handbook provides a timetable and detailed description of the renewal process, fees and laws, as well as how they apply to each license.”There’s an awful lot of ambiguity, and this makes it much easier,” said Longin.In terms of financing, committee member Suzanne Wright was curious as to why there is no cost for professional development sessions, asking if the schools are mandated by the state to spend the total amount of money earmarked for professional development in that year’s budget. If so, Wright said that would be close to $300,000 at $125 per student.However, Longin and the superintendent assured her that was not the case.”We don’t spend anywhere near that much,” said Angelakis.