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DESIGN ELEMENT THREE
ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT RESULTS IN AN INCLUSIVE AND POWERFUL
LEARNING COMMUNITY
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National Staff Development Council
http://www.nsdc.org/educatorindex.htm
The National Staff Development Council (NSDC) is the largest non-profit
professional association committed to ensuring success for all students
through staff development and school improvement. See the Library section
for resources ranging from action research to conflict resolution.
NSDC Standards
http://www.nsdc.org/educatorindex.htm
NSDC has created a revised list of standards for staff professional development.
Each standard includes an essay-format rationale.
Professional Learning Communities: What Are They and
Why Are They Important?
http://www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues61.html
The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory offers this 1997 overview
of the attributes and benefits of professional learning communities.
NSDC Learning Communities Resources
http://prodev.edreform.net/portal/prodev/learncomm
As part of the Professional Development Network NSDC offers links that
illustrate the attributes of the learning community in action.
Peter Senge and the Learning Organization
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/senge.htm
The Encyclopedia of Informal Education offers this excellent overview
of Senge's vision of a learning organization as a group of people who
are continually enhancing their capabilities to create what they want
to create.
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