Campus staff development may include activities that enable the campus staff to plan together to enhance existing skills, share effective strategies, reflect on curricular and instructional issues, analyze student achievement results, reflect on means of increasing student achievement, study research, practice new methods, identify students' strengths and needs, develop meaningful programs for students, appropriately implement site-based decision making, and conduct action research. The study conducted by the Council for School Performance cited five guidelines in the form of questions. School improvement plans and goals provide direction for staff development.
School administrators provide strong support for staff development.
Sufficient resources, including time and funding, support staff development. Staff development activities are integral to school operations and expectations at the school. Training in adult collaborative skills occurs regularly for teachers in the school. The school uses a collaborative process for staff development decisions. The decision process emphasizes results measured by student and teacher changes.