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DOCUN 'k ED 111 787 SP 009.479 AUTHOR Harkness, Har ey; And Others TITLE' New HampshirStaff Developteq.Handbooks: 1, 2, 3. $ Report No. 7 . .INSTITUTION New England togram in Te4cher Education, Durham, N.H. PUB. DATE Sep 74 ° NOTE 156p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 C-$8.24 Plus/PoStage c DESCRIPTORS *Develop ital Programs; *Directories; Educational Resource ; Guidelines *Manuals; +Resource Guides; *Staff I prdvement; Staff Orientation *. IDENTIFIERS *New Ha pshire 0 ABSTRACT This h ndbook/catalogue!is divided into three parts, the first of which' is ntitled "Handbook for Staff ,Development," and was written for thoseew to New" Eampshire, the education professioh, or the concept of sta f development. It contains bapkground information, philosophy, and procedures on staff development; lt seeks to encaTsUlateithe conceptual. origin of staff development and explain its philosoOly AS 1.11- affects the individual staff member and' local supervisory u ion/district. It explainS how-staff development is organized within the district and low it can be implementedand evaluated, and offe !s sources of information availkbleto local districts. Part 2 's a,list'of the names, titles, addresses,and telephone numbers f,educational resource people. These are listed &lphabetically by subject area and include 75 subjects suchas activity-centered iclassrooms,-administration, adult education, arts and crafts, behairor, "career connseling, communication skills, curriculum, day isre, ERIC-, kealth, library services, news media, physical educatin, and vocafional counseling. Part 3 of this handbook/cataloge .is `a directory of external resources, and includes. listings on (1) its resources;(2) boat Cruises;(3) educational resources; (4) astoric resources;(5) organizational and state agency resource (6) places of interest; and (7) science centers. The entries con istof the name,-addiess, and telephonenumbers of the place or_or/ganization, and sometimes an annotation. (BD) *g . *************p**********41******************************************* Dbcuments acquired by ERIC includemany infortal unpublished '* materials not available from other. sources. ERIC makesevery effort * * to obtain he best copy available. nevertheless, item of marginal * * reproducibility. are often' encountered and this affects the quality * * 'of .the microfiche 'and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * *lvia the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS): EDRS is not 0 * responsible for the quality 'of the original document. Reproductions* * supp14:ed by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. * pk*****4(******************4;*****************;(******4!********4*****4**** t- . THE HANDBOOK FOR ,7 STAFF DEVELOPMENT 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE EDUCATIONAL RkSOURCE CATALOG - PART I OFFICE OF TEACHER EDUCATION ,AND PROFESSIONAL STAIDARDS \' DEPARTMENT OF' EDUCATION CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE SEPTEMBER, 1974 5 GOVERNOR 'OP NEW HAtiPSHIRE , ,t4eldrim Tilpmson, Jr0 THE EXTECUTIVg District No. 1 HersOm, Orptleton District No:. 2 . James H... Hayes, Concord District No. 3 Robert E. 'Whalen, pprtsitbuth - , z tract No. 4 John P. Bridges; Hedford , . District Nop 5 Bernard A -Streeter, arm , Nashua Publication of this document is in part supported . by funds _from Neli England Interstate .5050 '-NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE BOARD OFLEDUC4TION 1974-75 ''APPOINMENT bSTIM EXPIRES 1973' William P.,Bittenboader,Delring- 1978 Chairman : 1970Donald E. Borchers, Berlin 1976 1974 Mrs. Cathrine R, Caouette,OontoopoA -1979. 1960 Gerard E, Cu11erot, D.D.S., Manchester 1977 d 1971 Daniel A, Gosselin, Enfield , 1976 t. 1969 Edward C. Sweeney, Jr., Keene 1979 1970 Mrs. Jean S. TuftstExeter, 1975 . l'OMMISSIC1pR OF BDUCATICN. NecaellJoPaire DEPUTY 001MISSIONER aW Robert L. `Brunelle ti CHIEF, DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION 0 Paul R0 Pillion o o. a 0 0 5 5-> O J. ti .d T'ABLE,OP CONTENTS' Why waS the Handbook written? 0 e - 4 What is the 12224ground*of Staff Development? . ... 3 What is aAsterPlan for StafDevelopment? 0 ..... 7 Howls StaffDevplopmiior ani ed witliin the district? a- What does a Staff Development C mmittee do to iilenient and evaluate Staff Development iithin the district? 0.-... 15 that are good sources of informa ion for use by local districts? .. peOe'sofeessomem 20. , . 0_ ..... 0 0 25 ti 0 s.` WHY WAS THE HANDBOOK WittraN? If L -1- Emulating the spirit embodied inthe motto, "Live Freeor "Die", the New Hampshire State Department of Education'has not beencontent merely to maintain the status quo in training its educational,staff. Seeking improvement through innovation,the Department has embarkedon a new venture of professional growth, which draws upon the vastresources of Granite state teachers to stimulate new cooperativealternatives for individual growth. "CREATIVITY...THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS"is the underlying and pervad- ing basis of STAFF DEVELOPMENT. By encouraging the teacherto enlarge his capabilities, focus his' energies and share his'expertise,Staff Development provides the impetus to reach ner vistas-Insteadof simply maintaining a stereotypedpattern of g entinuity. The Handbook for Staff Development has been written forthose new to New Hampshire,.new to the education profession,or new to the 'con - cept oftaff'Development. Containing background, sphilosophy and procedures, the Handbook. Qc seeks to encapsulate the d'onCptual origin of Staff Developmentan ex- plain its 'philosophyas it affects the individual staff A member and ocal, 'supervisory union/district. .The. Handbook elucidates StaffDevelopment procedures, but avoids an over-strudturing of them, so avngt to negate the premiseof state- wide individual creativity. .: a The Handbook supplemedts andup-dates Staff DevelopmentFor Educational Personnel Guideline Requirements, and as such providesa guide for Professional growth. Ubile'providing a basic foundationfor' lodal Staff. Development, the'Handbook is broad, enoughto be used in formulating varied'blueprintsfor professional growth. )OFFICE OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONALSTANDARDS. 'State Department of Education- Carolyn Sweetse Harvey Harkness Douglas Brown' 'John Davy Credits: - Contributors: Paula Goddard Janice Gilbert Nancy RaMbusch Southern New Hampshire Staff DevelopmentCommittee -2- la 1. What is the meaning of Staff Develo mant? The vio2d "Staff" refers to all those people involved in the direct deliVery of educational servicesto children.. , (r The word "Development" means the continuous expansion of can e° self one's abilities and one's professional knowledge. I . g .. The term "'Staff DevelopMent*, then,means the continuous growth, professionally and personally, of all thoSe people involved in the direct delivery'of educational services to children. 2:` Why is Staff DeveIdpmentOneeded? . .. The process of Staff Development .is neede because the previou5 method for a teacher's professional growth- t Being 6 credit hours every 5 Nears - Is tbo limited to be the only avenue to continuous and individual professional/pers6nal growth. Ippersonal credit hours O can not possibly meet the varfedgindividual heeds bf ail teachers. The State Ecard of Education, in seeking to improve 1:1120.qualS..ty of New Hampshire education through'betterrepared -teachers, is seeking to provide a broader framework w in which teachers can ', grow professionally. 3. How does Staff Development provide for_Rpfessional 72112? .2 . 6 .Staff Damelopment provides for professional growth by encouraging a teachef to choose from a'wide spectrum of.abtivities to develop himself as a person and as a teacher.., ss._ To,provide quality edudation, a teacher must keep abreast of educational innovations, update his subject knowledge and provide means of meeting his supervisory union/districecs and his Children's educational ne ds. Therefore, he must be free to do what.. is - necessary to met those needs.' - . '4Staff Development foreducational personnel grew out of the ° notion that one1s professional growth should bea continuous and life-long process related closely to the goals and objectives for learning in the school district where employed." (Douglas H. Brown, 0 4 AssistantDirector, Office ooreacherf Education and Standards) 1 4, t (a, a A teacher must have the freedom to define his own needs and . goals within the frameworA of his supervisory union/district's needs and then to chdose alternative routes to professional growth. e>. -4- 4. When did Staff Development-come about and by whatmeans? o Inthe Fall of 1967, the State Board of Education appointed the Blue-Rilpon Committee to review presentcertification regulations. In January, 1970, on the recommendatidn ofthe Blue Ribbon Committee, the State Board of Education,appointeda Professional Standards Board "to develop teacher preparation-,certification and inserVice- education recommendations"forthe State Board..." (Staff Development for Educational Personnel CuidelineRequirements) In June,. 1971, the State' Board off Education; the recommen- dation of the Trofessional Standards Hoard,'approved Staff Development as-a state-wide Method of professional growth and, hence,a basis of recertification, to become effectiveJuly1, 1975. 1 5. What is the connection between Staff Development and recertification by the State Department of Education? Recertificationby the StateDepartment gf Education is based on a teacher showing sufficient professiOnal growth to continue teaching. Prior to 1970, shooting professional growth meant taking6 credit hours every%5 years. Howev6ta this method, as was preViously stated, 'ares not adequately .or necessarily showprofessional