Standards+Question+3


 * Read the Case Study regarding Resources on page 13 of the NSDC Standards text handed out in class. In your PLC discuss Discussion Questions 1-4. Have a record keeper in your group synthesize your group's responses to these questions. If your group needed more information, describe what you need to know and how you would go about discovering this information.**

1. How can time be organized and used to best influence educator and student learning?

2. What arguments and data might be provided to increase the time for job-embedded educator learning?

3. What is an estimate of the current expenditures for staff development? What expenses are charged to staff development? What kinds fo changes might be considered in the use of financial resources to support staff development in your school or district?

4. How well has staff development supported the effective implementation of technology?

Extension Question:

How is the NSDC Resources standard evidenced or not evidenced within your school systems? How did you come to these understandings about your school?