A network of services exists which has the effect of linking practitioners with one another. There are incentives in place for practitioners to involve themselves in staff development activities. A variety of learning options are afforded through the system. Staff development opportunities encourage and support collaboration among practitioners in all roles. Practitioners actively plan, implement, and evaluate all phases of staff development within the system.
Information is easily and effectively communicated within the system.
Practitioners generate new knowledge within the system. Knowledge is not simply delivered. The staff development system includes safe environments for risk taking. By making these conditions explicit, the planning team had set forth some criteria for evaluating their system in the future.