Empowering Teachers with Strategies for Efficient Learning and Functioning through Video-Assisted Staff Development

Abstract

This article describes a video-assisted staff development program that can be delivered at the building or district level. This report includes: (a) a critical perspective of staff development programs, (b) reconceptualization of staff development, (c) the use of video-mediated staff development, (d) a service delivery model known as “Professor Plus”, (e) the content of the video-assisted SELF training program, (f) the results of the program's pilot field test and, (g) the results of afield-based investigation designed to assess the effectiveness of the video-assisted SELF training program. The article concludes with a discussion of implications and future directions for this type of delivery model for staff development.