Resources: The Dollars and Sense of Comprehensive Professional Learning

Very little of the professional development literature identifies its costs. Many say good professional development is expensive, but what is meant by expensive, and if so, expensive relative to what? This article shows that effective professional development is not expensive relative to overall spe...

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Published inThe Journal of staff development Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 26 - 32
Main Author Odden, Allan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Learning Forward 01.08.2011
National Staff Development Council
Subjects
Audits (Verification)
Cost Effectiveness
Educational Finance
Educational Resources
Educational Strategies
Input Output Analysis
Professional Development
Program Budgeting
Program Costs
Program Effectiveness
Teacher Collaboration
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Very little of the professional development literature identifies its costs. Many say good professional development is expensive, but what is meant by expensive, and if so, expensive relative to what? This article shows that effective professional development is not expensive relative to overall spending and that its key elements and their costs can be identified and afforded. The author describes six structural features of effective professional development.
ISSN:0276-928X