Professional Development Plan

The purpose of this project is to devise a plan, based on research, to provide a standards-based professional development for staff at a selected school. To this end, an analysis of the respective roles of administrators and teachers in implementing a standards-based curriculum and instruction will be followed by recommended strategies to ensure all students successfully meet the established standards. A recommended professional development plan that emphasizes standards-based curriculum and instruction for these educators concludes the project.

Development Effective Performance Development Plans for Administrators and Teachers Today

The Role of Administrators in Implementing Standards-Based Curricula and Instruction.

School administrators have been compared to a company's leadership in that they are both change agents and human resource managers; although administrators have functional areas of expertise, they must achieve their goals through people in their school systems. According to London (1995), "A central element of their jobs is managing...
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