Teacher Retention part of the Education Reform Network

High Quality Professional Development

• Criteria for Effective Professional Development
  A discussion guide based around the March 2002 issue of Educational Leadership. This thematic issue describes specific elements of effective professional development, and compares a variety of approaches for more effective professional development experiences.
• Resources for Staff Development
  Links to National Staff Development Council articles and other suggested web sites explore the use of time, and learning strategies that support student learning.
• Teacher Quality: Using Student Work to Ensure High Quality Teaching
  Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development believes that an on-going focus on student results leads to teacher growth and that teacher evaluation systems should be tied to the goal of continuous improvement of teaching.