KSDC Vision

The Kansas Staff Development Council (KSDC) will engage all Kansas educators in high quality professional learning by 2010.

KSDC Mission

The Kansas Staff Development Council (KSDC) promotes high standards in student achievement by advocating, modeling, and providing resources for quality professional learning.

KSDC Beliefs

We believe:

• The ultimate purpose of staff development/professional learning is to improve student achievement.
• A staff developer is anyone who systematically empowers others to change their practice through professional learning.
• Effective staff developers use a research base to continually define and refine best practices.
• Effective collaboration is essential for our organization, quality staff development, and professional learning.
• Effective organizational development is required if all students are to learn.
• Organizational development requires individual change.
• Each educator has a moral responsibility to improve professional effectiveness through lifelong learning.
• Reinforcement and support systems are critical to the transfer of learning into practice.
• Ongoing assessment is critical for effective staff development decisions.