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No tears for the dear departed ‘inservice’ — its time has come
I’m planning a funeral service next week, and you’re all invited to attend. We’ll be burying the word “inservice.” We’ll be digging another grave nearby for “delivery of professional..
Cultural proficiency
Becoming culturally proficient is no longer a job requirement only for teachers in inner-city schools. Rural, urban, and suburban communities once predominantly populated by white middle-class fami..
Collaborative culture
The purpose of collaborating is to achieve collective results that participants would be unable to accomplish working alone. Expected outcomes include shared objectives, a sense of..
NSDC standards at the Vanguard
Author and educator Roland Barth was one of a hundred or so participants at NSDC’s first Annual Conference in 1981. “I remember thinking, ‘This is a good idea. There’s no group in the country..
Second to none
As an 8th grader, Stephanie Hirsh ran for vice president of the student council. Why aim for the second spot? In her campaign speech, she said winning the “sandwich position” would enable h..
Move staff development into the global world
The way public school educators respond to emerging information technologies will be the defining event for public education over the next decade. I have little doubt of this. I do worry, however, w..
Learn in community with others
In professions such as medicine and law, members are expected to review the journals of their field and to attend conferences. They observe each other’s work, offering feedback that leads to increa..
Five flaws of staff development and the future beyond
Student learning and development do not occur without teacher learning and development. Not any teacher development will do, though. The old flaws of weak and wayward staff development are well-known ..
Change the terms for teacher learning
Professional development as a term and as a strategy has run its course. The future of improvement, indeed of the profession itself, depends on a radical shift in how we conceive learning and the cond..
Become more sophisticated about diversity
It is no longer news that the U.S. is becoming a more diverse nation and will some- day have a nonwhite majority, with students from many language backgrounds. They will arrive at school with great s..
