Chris Neville - Ah-Ha for Sunday 10/26

I was struck today by Dr. Clausen's comment (made somewhat causally) that not all schools will have a plan for Professional Development. He said it so matter of factly that many of us might not have even paid attention to it. This goes to show there are many district that think of Professional Development as a baind-aid to fix problems that come up rather than use it proactively to get teachers prepared for what is coming. Many districts use PD to catch teachers up on what has already happened and to prepare us in case it happens again. I also was "Ah-Ha"'d by the thought of PD for support staff - it never crossed my mind other than to make sure they knew how to work with the district computer software.