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Introduction: The Work of Staff Development by Gary A. Griffin - 1983The functions of this introductory chapter are fourfold. First, the timeliness of a yearbook on staff development in schools is discussed from several vantage points including professional, organizational, and societal ones. Second, the premise that staff development is a central function of school maintenance and improvement is advanced. Third, staff development as work is argued from a set of overarching premises which emerge, in large part, from subsequent chapters in this yearbook. The chapter concludes with a brief introduction to the remainder of the volume. View Full Text in PDF Format| This article originally appeared in NSSE Yearbook Vol. 82, No. 2. |
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- Gary Griffin
University of Texas, Austin
GARY A. GRIFFIN is the Director of Research in Teacher Education at the University of Texas at Austin.
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