Scheduled for implementation in 1985, Student Excellence through Educational Development of Staff (SEEDS) is a 3-year cooperative partnership between four rural Southwest Iowa school districts to provide comprehensive, long-term staff development that promises to heighten student achievement through increasing instructional/supervision skills of teachers/administrators at a cost of $5,000 per school. The program is based on effective schools research which links student achievement/learning to specific abilities of teachers to incorporate proven learning theory into their lessons. First-year activities will include preservice and inservice sessions for all administrators and a select cadre of teachers, student testing, and evaluation/planning. Second-year activities will provide preservice/inservice training for approximately 160 staff from the 4 schools and small group follow up by facilitators between inservice sessions. In the final year, administrators and the teacher cadre will be responsible for training new staff and any necessary retraining of all staff. Teacher/administrator results will be evaluated by observation and clinical supervision and changes in student achievement and attitudes will be measured using standardized achievement tests and attitude inventory scales. For success, the project will require a high level of cooperation as well as initiative, patience, flexibility, and openness. (NEC)