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The data show that South Dakota teachers believe that past inservice education has generally been ineffective, have definite ideas about how inservice education should be redesigned, are willing to participate in planning and designing future inservice activities, and support inservice education as a way of improving their instructional skills. (Author/IRT)

The kinds of in-service programs offered, the lack of follow-up activities, scheduling problems, and the lack of incentives for participation in staff development activities are obstacles that can be overcome by better planning and organization. When these obstacles are overcome, teacher attitudes will improve. (Author/IRT)