Synopses & Reviews
A practical, easy-to-follow guide for moving toward positive change for schools.-Linda Diaz, Program Specialist for Professional DevelopmentMonroe County Schools, FL
Offers readers the guiding principles and essential ingredients that must be incorporated into successful professional development programs.-David Freitas, ProfessorIndiana University, South Bend
Implement professional development practices that generate systemic change to improve teaching and learning
Enriching the professional lives of teachers is not only an art, but a science. This resource provides a research-validated road map for staff developers and principals to promote positive student outcomes and increase school performance through effective professional development.
The new edition offers practical methods for designing staff development experiences that facilitate a high level of learning transfer into the classroom. Administrators and staff developers will find guidelines for professional development that fosters meaningful cognitive connections for participants and supports continuous academic improvement and lifelong learning for students. This substantially updated revision includes: A three-stage framework that helps ensure sustainable resultsEmphasis on mediated learning experiences and skillful coaching for adult learnersA focus on the site-based professional developer's role as a champion for change
The second edition of Designing Professional Development for Change offers a starting point for cultivating quality professional learning experiences that lead to improved classroom instruction.
Synopsis
This compact resource highlights the essential role of professional development in bringing about systemic change that benefits student achievement. The book offers practical methods for designing, promoting, and assessing change and stresses the important role that learning transfer plays in academic improvement and lifelong learning. The new features in this substantially updated revision include: A focus on the site-based professional developer's role as a champion for change in a student-centered learning communityA framework that guides professional developers through three stages of implementationAttention on assessing low-performing students' learning needs as the starting point for creating sustainable change that improves academic achievement schoolwideEmphasis on mediated learning experiences and skillful coaching for adult learners as they gather information and implement new approaches
Synopsis
Generate systemic change with practical methods for designing professional development experiences that result in a high level of transfer into the classroom and sustainable improvement.