With the support of the Education Cabinet, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation launched the Professional Development Initiative in early 2004. The Initiative's Implementation Work Group focused on four key areas to enhance North Carolina's system of professional development for K-12 teachers. Those areas were: (1) Professional Development Online Resource Center--Design implementation plan for an online professional development resource center; (2) Statewide Professional Development Standards--Develop plan for implementation of NC's statewide standards for professional development, which the State Board of Education adopted in March 2003; (3) Funding for Professional Development--Produce an accounting of sources and uses of professional development funds to give decision makers a new, common base of information; and (4) Professional Development Data Collection--Develop an understanding of available district-level professional development data to determine how best to use data to inform teacher quality and student achievement efforts. Each focus area is spelled out further in the proposal-- which highlights the goals, rationale and proposal for action for each component--and the accompanying appendices. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is working with the Initiative to develop cost estimates for the components of the Proposal for Action. Appendices are divided into four parts. Part one, Standards, includes: (1) Summary of Standards for Professional Development; (2) Policy Guidance for State Board of Education; and (3) Summary of Subcommittee Activities. Part two, Online Resource Center, contains: (4) Description and Guidance; and (5) Summary of Subcommittee Activities. Part three, Funding, includes: (6) Sources and Uses of Funds for Professional Development; and (7) Summary of Subcommittee Activities. Part four, Data Collection, contains: (8) Survey of District Professional Development Contacts; and (9) Summary of Subcommittee Activities. Final appendixes include the following resource materials: (10) No Child Left Behind and Professional Development (11) The "Leandro" Decision and Professional Development; (12) Research Bibliography; (13) "First in America" Teacher Survey and Professional Development Responses; and (14) Stakeholder Input. [This report was submitted to the North Carolina Education Cabinet by the Professional Development Initiative Implementation Work Group. It was prepared by the Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University on behalf of Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and the North Carolina Education Cabinet.]