Planning



**Staff development activities and actions should result in increased student achievement. **  There is no other purpose for staff development.


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Resources: ** >
 * **Stages of Concern**
 * **Levels of Use**
 * **Tipping Point: From Feckless Reform to Sustantive Instructional Improvement** by Mike Schmoker. Click here to review the article http://mikeschmoker.com/tipping-point.html
 * **Leading Edge: The Best Staff Development is in the Workplace, Not in a Workshop.** The article is by Rick Dufour. He offers an excellent checklist for planning effective staff development. Click here to review the article http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/dufour252.cfm
 * **Pull Out Negativity by the Roots** by Rick Dufour and Becky Burnette. The article provides practical suggestions for overcoming negativity towards change. Click here to review the article http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/burnette233.cfm
 * Video of a very purposeful dog getting a ball that has fallen into the swimming pool. media type="file" key="Dog Swimming Pool.wmv"