The Program Quality category of Professional Development, Training & Staffing is divided into the following sections. Each section provides free materials and resources to download on a range of topics and approaches to incorporating professional development, training and staffing in OST programs.
- Articles & Research contains key and current research on the topic of professional development and program staffing.
- Resources provides program materials such as professional development curricula.
- Program Examples includes case studies and video clips of actual OST programs that demonstrate ways that professional development is provided and implemented in programs.
- Professional Development provides professional learning opportunities through webinars and other offerings.
- OST Field Notes provides photo essays, blogs, and other types of writing by practitioners about their experiences in designing and implementing professional development.
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