3 Strategies For Administrators

3 strategies for administrators

Supporting the school-based staff developer is a matter of 1-2-3

Principals and district administrators must do more than simply add staff developers to schools and hope for the best. How can education leaderssupport on-site staff developers? To sustain systemic conditions conducive to on-site staff developers’ work, administrative leaders must ensure that resources are invested overadequate time periods, must honor each school’s history of improvement efforts, and must continuously nurture political support. SUFFICIENT TIME School-based staff developers’ work can vary widely, from modeling lessons in classrooms to facilitating collaborative problem solving to coaching teachers in improving instruction, curriculum, assessments, and more. Research indicates teachers need at least 20 to 25 practice trials over eight to 10 weeks to transfer even moderately complex new skills or strategies appropriately and consistently into classroom teaching (Joyce & Showers, 1995,

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