Seaside culture shift

June 2010

It is not the redesign of the central office that will result in change in how professional development is perceived and implemented in a school district. School districts move departments from one division to another every few years or whenever upper administration changes. This can only result in superficial changes. In Broward County Public Schools, we have learned that only by changing the culture of the school district will we create real change in professional development. Prompted by policy Several factors came together to influence the redesign — the reculturing — of the Broward County Public Schools’ (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Human Resource Development Division, which in turn transformed how the district conceived, implemented, and evaluated professional development. The change began in 1999 with the passing