 We believe ongoing
professional learning is essential if we want to ensure
progressive, research-based learning opportunities for
our students. To that end, this page offers some select
articles from the National Staff Development Council
as encouraged reading. We will strive to update these
articles on a quarterly basis, yet many will remain as
they offer foundational understandings and transcendent
best practices. If you seek further information on a
particular topic, please contact Laura Link, Professional
Learning and Development Specialist at llink@scsk12.org
As NSDC members, SCS reserves the right to post and share
the following material:
System
Development:
How
Policy Affects the Big Picture
Superintendent’s
Leadership
Structure
Influences Behavior
School Board
Leadership is Critical
Leadership
Development:
Lead with Soul
Trust and School
Culture
It’s
Lonely at the Top
Making
the Most of PLC’s
Examine Your
Practice
Hope is Not
a Strategy
Principals Nurture
New Teachers
School
Development:
The Learning
School, Use Book Studies
Evolutions
of PLC’s
A Shift in School
Culture
Is This School
a Learning Organization
 Teacher
Development:
Tools of Engagement,
Helicopter Parents
Teacher Receptivity
What do you
do with the data
A Lesson
in Teaching—Starring
You
Teaching and
Learning for All
Technology
Development:
The Plugged
in School
Technology without
Tears
Technology Integration
Interested in
becoming a National Board Certified Educator? Click
here to learn more… www.nbpts.org
Interested
in learning more about Shelby County’s International
Baccalaureate Program at Germantown High School? Click
here… http://www.scsk12.org/SCS/high/Germantown/internationalbac.htm or go here www.ibo.org
Interested in
learning more about the National Staff Development Council?
Click
here… www.nsdc.org
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