While millions of dollars have been spent to build open space schools, relatively few have been allocated to teacher education, inservice training, and followup supervision. If a school district has a genuine commitment to an educational format that stresses student initiative and responsibility, backed by funds for staff development, teachers must be given encouragement. They need support from administrators, board members and parents; aid in developing both a philosophy and rationale for their approach; workshops where they can learn about teaching materials and develop curriculum ideas; and time to share these things with fellow teachers. (Author/MLF)