Recent governmental education reform measures have emphasized school improvement by requiring schools and districts to improve school performance, including student achievement, through many avenues including professional development. Professional development is no longer concentrated solely on teachers; it now includes administrators the…

Procedures for establishing school goals and objectives, after having completed the needs assessment, are discussed. A distinction is drawn between goals and objectives in that goals are general future targets, whereas learner outcome objectives are behavioral statements of all or some aspect of goal statement. Five steps in setting goals and…