Document Type
Section VII Article
Abstract
Staff development programs which are of high quality exhibit several characteristics. First, they are research based. As a result, they are not based on a current fad or on the whim of a group of school administrators. Good programs have a mass of verifiable data to indicate that teacher participation in the program will have a high probability of improving the service he/she provides to students.
Second, quality programs are focused. The research-based components are carefully selected and consistently reinforced. Good programs are not merely one-day inservice activities that deal with a single topic in isolation from other topics. There are a series of activities focusing on clearly defined topics, where the interrelatedness of each topic is stressed.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
131
Last Page
132
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
Smith, Daniel
(1990)
"Section VII: Staff Development and Rural Schools: Ways and Means [Smith],"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 48.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol1/iss1/48
