A Funny Thing Happened When We Began to Write

Abstract

Every time we think of district-sponsored staff de­velopment, we think of the Rolling Stones' lyric: "You can't always get what you want." We don't seem to ever get what we want or what we need. Although some of the staff development programs we've attended have been good, all too often in­service training makes us passive- and bored. Some outside expert comes in and develops us, while what we really want is the opportunity to develop ourselves.