Preface to Chapters Three, Four, and Five: Democracy, Charters, and Professional Development

Preface to Chapters Three, Four, and Five: Democracy, Charters, and Professional Development

We introduce the models on direct personal/professional service (Chapter 3), cooperative/collaborative models (Chapter 4), and curricular and instructional initiatives (Chapter 5) by recommending that school faculties develop and adopt a “charter” that specifies how the faculty (principal and teachers) will govern itself. Developing a charter can have a large effect on the social system of the school in such a way that mentoring, coaching, the development of professional learning communities, and curricular and instructional initiatives can flourish. We place this section here because we believe that the implementation of all approaches to professional development are uneven at present and can be improved ...