Document Type
Section VII Article
Abstract
Rural schools, such as Lohrville, are as committed to the achievement of academic excellence for its students as any urban school. Therefore, it is very important for every rural school in Iowa to provide a quality staff development program for its teaching staff. At one time it was thought that teaching was an art and you could either do it or you couldn't. However, there are too many studies showing that teaching is not necessarily an art, and with proper instruction all teachers can increase their effectiveness in the classroom. Since 1972, several of these studies and research projects have directly linked student achievement levels to the specific abilities of teachers to do such things as: improve student behavior through use of reinforcement techniques; increase student motivation to learn by using motivational techniques; make the lesson more productive for students through better lesson design; and make students practice more effectively through the application of learning research. At Lohrville, the Board of Directors feel that the real key to how successfully students learn depends on how effectively the classroom teachers transmit their information to the students in the classroom. Therefore, if the school is going to do the best job in educating its students, a strong staff development program has to be instituted by the school district.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
119
Last Page
121
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1990 North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Caldwell, Richard
(1990)
"Section VII: Staff Development and Rural Schools: Ways and Means [Caldwell],"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 44.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol1/iss1/44
