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NSDC's Standards for Staff Development

(Revised, 2001)

Context Standards

Staff development that improves the learning of all students:
  • Organizes adults into learning communities whose goals are aligned with those of the school and district. (Learning Communities)
  • Requires skillful school and district leaders who guide continuous instructional improvement. (Leadership)
  • Requires resources to support adult learning and collaboration. (Resources)

Process Standards

Staff development that improves the learning of all students:
  • Uses disaggregated student data to determine adult learning priorities, monitor progress, and help sustain continuous improvement. (Data-Driven)
  • Uses multiple sources of information to guide improvement and demonstrate its impact. (Evaluation)
  • Prepares educators to apply research to decision making. (Research-Based)
  • Uses learning strategies appropriate to the intended goal. (Design)
  • Applies knowledge about human learning and change. (Learning)
  • Provides educators with the knowledge and skills to collaborate. (Collaboration)

Content Standards

Staff development that improves the learning of all students:
  • Prepares educators to understand and appreciate all students, create safe, orderly and supportive learning environments, and hold high expectations for their academic achievement. (Equity)
  • Deepens educators' content knowledge, provides them with research-based instructional strategies to assist students in meeting rigorous academic standards, and prepares them to use various types of classroom assessments appropriately. (Quality Teaching)
  • Provides educators with knowledge and skills to involve families and other stakeholders appropriately. (Family Involvement)


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