All teachers must teach. Development is primarily a function of coherent instruction. Instruction can hardly be coherent if culture is ignored. All children are endowed by their culture with multiple forms of intelligence. Every form of intelligence must be capitalized upon and nurtured.
Motivation begets greater learning, which begets greater motivation.
The quality of the school is closely equal to the quality of its resources raised to the power of its teachers dedication. Further, professional development provides a framework for examining the relationship between educators and the communities they serve. This learning community must build on the assets that students as well as educators bring to the community, and it must be effective in enhancing the achievement and learning outcomes of all students. It is our firm belief that an effective and sustained professional development program must reflect the framework outlined here . Failure to reflect any element of this framework creates the potential to weaken the implementation of an educational paradigm shift that is designed to improve and enhance the entire school community.