A MODEL FOR INSERVICE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS Available to Purchase

The purposes of this study were twofold. The first was to develop a model and the second was to propose a set of task descriptions appropriate and necessary for implementing the model. The model developed has three crucial stages, i.e., Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating. Within each stage are four common steps, i.e., Analyzing, Developing, Operating, and Evaluating. The three stages and the four steps within each stage were derived from an exploration of various schools of thought represented in the literature on inservice projects and models. Several extant models were discovered, and two in particular influenced the development of this one, but all were perceived to have certain deficiencies. This new model was designed to incorporate the best features of the others, while eliminating their deficiencies. Since the development of the model was based on the advocacy and validity of stages and steps as established in the literature, the model was judged to be theoretically and philosophically valid.