Results-Based Staff Development
Continuing Research in Elementary, Middle, and High School
Literacy Programs
The National Staff Development Council, with the financial
support of the National Education Association (NEA) and
the collaboration of the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, is launching a continuation of their successful
Results-Based Staff Development Initiative. The continuation will
focus on identifying K-12 literacy (reading, writing, literature) staff
development programs that increase student achievement. The
results of this review process will be published jointly by NSDC,
NEA, and UNCG.
The deadline for nominations for programs has passed.
The identification of these programs is a continuation of NSDC's work in highlighting results-based programs. With the support of the NEA and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, NSDC has already published three volumes that showcase programs that met the following criteria:
- Evidence of increasing student achievement
- Well-designed staff development program
- Increase teachers' content knowledge and/or content-specific pedagogy
- Are implemented in multiple sites
What teachers know and do influences students' academic success. The need for ongoing professional learning that deepens teachers' understanding of their content area and expands their instructional repertoire is essential to improving student learning. When the content of staff development focuses specifically on what data about student performance indicate are the areas of greatest need for students, the return on the investment in professional learning is likely to be higher.
It is our hope that schools, districts, and other agencies will use these resources as they design their own staff development programs. While neither the National Education Association nor the National Staff Development Council endorses these programs, we do recognize the success each has had in increasing student achievement through teacher learning. We encourage both staff development leaders and providers to examine the features of these model programs or consider adopting or adapting these programs for implementation in their schools and districts.
Each of the three volumes released as part of NSDC's identification of results-based staff development includes three sections. Section One covers the connection between teacher quality, professional development, and student achievement; the challenge of evaluating staff development; and an overview of the process used to select the programs highlighted here. Section Two includes all of the programs, presented by subject matter. Section Three outlines what staff developers can learn about effective staff development from the highlighted programs, next steps, and related resources.
You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to read the PDF (Portable Document Format) files below. The Reader is available at Adobe's web site at no charge.
What Works in the Elementary School: Results-Based Staff Development -
Click the title to download all 242 pages of this book as one large PDF file.
What Works in the Middle: Results-Based Staff Development
- Click the title to access a page where this book is available chapter by chapter, in separate PDF files.
What Works in the High School: Results-Based Staff Development
- Click the title to download all 174 pages of this book as one large PDF file.
Additional Information about Results-Based Staff Development
To learn more about this project, contact:
Joellen Killion, Director of Special Projects
10931 W. 71st Place
Arvada, CO 80004-1337
303-432-0958
303-432-0959 (fax)
joellen.killion@nsdc.org
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