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Job-embedded Staff Development

The focus of job-embedded staff development is to be through the analysis of student products. Job-embedded staff development means that teachers receive their staff development during their regular work day, on-site, and solve real (as opposed to theoretical) problems based on site goals. Sites may choose job-embedded staff development models including those in five catagories defined by [|Dennis Sparks, et. al.]:

**//1. Individually-Guided Staff Development//** Individually-guided staff development refers to a process through which teachers plan for and pursue activities they believe will promote their own learning.

**//2. Observation/Assessment//** The observation/assessment model provides teachers with objective data and feedback regarding their classroom performance. This process may in itself produce growth or it can provide information that may be used to select areas for growth.
 * [|Critical Friends Group]

**//3. Involvement in a Development/Improvement Process//** Involvement in a development/improvement process engages teachers in developing curriculum, designing programs, or engaging in a school improvement process to solve general or particular problems.
 * [|Professional Learning Communities]

**//4. Training//** The training model (which may be synonymous with staff development in the minds of many educators) involves teachers in acquiring knowledge or skills through appropriate individual of group instruction. The inquiry model requires that teachers identify an area of instructional interest, collect data, and make changes in their instruction based on an interpretation of those data.
 * //5. Inquiry//**
 * [|Action Research / Study Groups]
 * Collaborative Learning

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