Professional development must be an ongoing process. Its functionality is vital to the longevity and resiliency of the educational system. The days of the one room schoolhouse with students grades K-8 are long gone. As a technologically advance society, whose global economy is centered around capitalism and the drive to remain "number one," an educated, productive society is the quintessential element that will determine whether a society will continue to advance itself or regress.
The effects of this construct can enhance or become a detriment to a school. Professional development must be interactive, providing educators with the opportunity for implementation, collaboration and most importantly, follow-up. Research studies show that these aforementioned characteristics are the key elements to effective professional development. Its most notable characteristic is relevancy. One of the downfalls to school-based professional development programs is that trainings lack relevancy - teachers feel disconnected and detached from the material being discussed. For professional development to be valid, teachers must be able to take the information learned and apply it to current practices.
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Dr. Nance,
Your are absolutely right! Training "must be ongoing".
Equally important,human resources are vital when it comes to competing in a global market. An organization must take time to develop and grow its employees as a tomorrow brings more wealth and more problems. If an organization is competing to be the best, the leader must influence his/ her workers through effective leadership. Also, by offering specialize training and staff development an organization can increase its potential growth twice as fast as or greater than the competitor (Hersey, 2001). At the same time, the leaders must be able to motivate the workers to achieve shared goals that everyone benefits from internally or externally. To that end, when a leaders “inspect what they expect” the competitive edge can be insurmountable.
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