Know Your Staff

Know Your Staff - " Can you recognize the Bricks, the Rebels, or Knowledge Royals in your school? Chances are you have some of those personality types on your faculty. Any or all of them can sabotage staff development efforts. But only if you give them the chance. Those are just a few of the personality types that can and do sabotage as many professional development and school reform efforts as they can. But you don’t have to give in to those groups that can contaminate their colleagues with negativity and stall progress. By identifying the personality types in your school and what motivates them, you can develop strategies to counter their influences and get everyone on board with professional development initiatives, several educators told a crowd during a presentation, “Are You Questioning My Competency? Professional Development for Reluctant Staff," at the 2008 Association for School Curriculum Development (ASCD) conference."