Organizational supports necessary

for effective staff development

 support collegiality and experimentation;

 clarify goals and expectations;

 actively commit to and support efforts to

change practices;
Organizational supports…

 focused on changes with improved student

learning as the goal; and

 adequate, appropriate staff development

experiences with follow-up assistance that
continues long enough for new behaviors to
be incorporated into ongoing practice
Five Models of Staff
Development

I. Individually Guided Staff Development

• Personnel determines his or her own goals and
selects the activities that will result in the
achievement of those goals

• read professional publications, have discussions with

colleagues, and experiment with new strategies in
doing his tasks
Five Models of Staff Development

II. Observation/Assessment
• provide the personnel with data that can be reflected
upon and analyzed for the purpose of improving his
tasks

• peer coaching, mentoring and clinical supervision,

peer evaluation, individual conference
Five Models of Staff Development

III. Involvement in Development/

Improvement Process
• develop strategies, design programs, or engage in
systematic improvement processes of their tasks

• Assignment of special program/project,

chairmanship, by reading, discussion, observation,
training, and/or trial and error for improvement or to
solve a problem
Five Models of Staff Development

IV. Training
• workshop-type sessions in which the presenter is the
expert who establishes the content and flow of
activities;
• conducted with a clear set of objectives or learner
outcomes – development of desired competencies

• Induction, in-basket, refresher, sequential, through

online/computer-based, lecture, demonstration, role-
playing, simulation, micro-teaching that will aid
personnel in achieving the desired outcomes
Five Models of Staff Development

V. Inquiry
• RESEARCH as tenet of the inquiry approach
• Action research
• high school teacher alters her lesson plan from first
period class to find out if this will produce improved
student understanding in second period
• supervisors study basic research techniques, formulate
research questions, gather and analyze data, and use their
findings to improve their tasks
• group of superintendents gathers weekly for an hour or
two at their to examine their management concerns and
their respective actions
Differentiated Staff Development
Definition of Terms
CONFERENCE
meeting for lectures and discussion: a meeting, sometimes
lasting for several days, in which people with a common interest
participate in discussions or listen to lectures to obtain
information

MEETING
gathering of people for discussion: an occasion when people
gather together to discuss something
SEMINAR
meeting on specialized subject: a single session or short, often
one-day meeting devoted to presentations on and discussion of a
specialized topic, usually at an advanced or professional level

TRAINING
acquiring of skill: the process of teaching or learning a skill
INDUCTION - provided to new employees in order to assist them in adjustment to
their new job tasks and to help them become familiar with their new work
environment
 IN-BASKET - acquainting new or promoted employees with the complexities of
their jobs by presenting them with a range of problem they might find in their 'in
basket' when they take up the job

 REFRESHER – short-term course aimed at recall and reinforcement of previously

acquired knowledge and skills

 SEQUENTIAL – phasing of training in a manner that builds new knowledge or

skills on already-learnt material
 COMPUTER-BASED – use of computers in imparting desired competencies to the
personnel

WORKSHOP
group working together: a group of people working on a
creative project, discussing a topic, or studying a subject
CASTLE Principle by Lance Secretan says:
https://secretanstore.com/

Courage to leave our old story paradigm and

strike out on the journey towards Higher Ground Leadership

Commitment to Authenticity
Desire to Serve

Passion for and commitment to the Truth

Capacity to Love
Being Effective in all aspects of life
APPLICATION
 List how you can grow professionally