The Professional Development Manual, 2nd Edition has been up-dated to provide you with guidance and advice on how to plan and evaluate successful staff development in schools.

The expertise and experience of your teachers and support staff are your school's most valuable asset. However, to ensure they continue to deliver their best performance, it is essential that they develop new skills and abilities.  To help you achieve effective staff development in your school, theProfessional Development Manual, 2nd edition has been updated to provide practical solutions to the real problems relating to the management of professional development. This practical training manual also sets out to provide an understanding of professional development, the theory and the practice and recommends courses of action to deliver results.This easy-to-use manual takes you step-by-step through the process of managing professional development. Using practical examples, it helps you to:address the real problems associated with the management of professional development provide knowledge and understanding of professional development link professional development to staff development and the school development plan understand the purpose of appraisal and the appraisal process co-ordinate and identify professional development opportunities plan, monitor, evaluate and review professional development within a school plan whole-school in-service education for teachers.