tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873598565103927656.post3012218669998457731..comments2008-06-15T10:26:24.682-07:00Comments on endless urbia: Disconnecting Policies from Best PracticesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873598565103927656.post-84117097577303705122008-06-10T20:30:00.000-07:002008-06-10T20:30:00.000-07:00Real sustained professional development takes time...Real sustained professional development takes time, commitment, and money. The reality is that to do it well, teachers would need to have additional free time as part of their teaching day in which they were engaged in active learning that could directly translate into changes in the classroom. There would also need to be stronger mentoring and that's just not an efficient use of person-power.<BR/><BR/>All that said, you make a great point about this. I am often shocked by the drive-by PD that they ask us to do. For a while there, I did it, and then decided not to because I did not want to be party to the game. If a school were to come to me and say we want you to work with us for an entire year on curriculum development, I would jump at the chance, especially if I could work with teachers on a weekly basis.rghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473381226354585702noreply@blogger.com