Professional development seminars often involve multiple school districts and provide whole-group pep talks, small-group presentations, and lunches. Professional development also occurs within individual schools and can encompass intra-staff development. As modern schools shift focus from isolated classrooms to integrated schools, intra-staff development provides improved communication, collaboration, and delivery of professional services.
Educators in Corning, Arkansas, share the task of reaching their school’s educational goals by utilizing a cross-curricular platform.[1] Working together, teachers engage students in meaningful connections by integrating content skills across the curriculum. Using a spreadsheet-style collaboration board, teachers coordinate concepts and topics in a unified effort to reinforce concepts. "Anytime we can get the teachers working together and get the students excited about something it always has positive results," said Superintendent J.M. Edington.[2]
Educators emerge from university programs brimming with enthusiasm for educational psychology and techniques. Bridging the gap between the theoretical and the real and sustaining enthusiasm can be attained by teachers working together. Continuous professional development occurs in an environment that fosters improved communication and collaboration between professionals.
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