NSDC's Standards

NSDC's standards

Standards Assessment Guides Georgia's Transformation

Over the past three years, I’ve been able to see data that thrills me — NSDC’s Standards for Staff Development are changing staff development in my district and my state. I believe this is beginning to hap-pen across the country. As former director of professional learning in Gwinnett County Public Schools and president of the Georgia Staff Development Council (GSDC), I can say that the standards have changed the way I work every single day. Here’s how the transformation is taking place in my state. In 2003, the Georgia Department of Education adopted NSDC’s standards as the state’s professional learning standards and encouraged all districts in the state to do the same. My home district, Gwinnett County Public Schools, the state’s largest, adopted the standards just

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References

Hirsh, S. (2006, Spring). Assessment inventory measures professional development quality. JSD, 27(2), 63-64.

Richardson, J. (2006, March). Weighing in: Georgia schools use online survey to evaluate effectiveness of professional learning programs. The Learning System, 1(6) 1, 6-7.