Powerful Professional Development
Building Expertise Within the Four Walls of Your School
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Leadership
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781452271279 | |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications | Publication: | February 9, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Corwin | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781452271279 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Publication: | February 9, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Corwin |
| Language: | English |
Achieve effective, on-site teacher development without breaking the budget!
This essential guide to job-embedded staff development helps schools and districts move away from reliance on outside expertise, instead drawing on and developing the experience and skills of their own faculty. The authors provide a complete toolbox of school-based professional development (PD) strategies, with recommendations on which tools to use for different times and settings, guidelines for implementation, and extended examples of each tool in action for a full spectrum of proven, cost-effective PD models, including:
- Book study and lesson study
- Action research and professional learning communities
- Coaching and co-teaching
- Webinars, podcasts, Open Space Technology, online communities, and much more
Achieve effective, on-site teacher development without breaking the budget!
This essential guide to job-embedded staff development helps schools and districts move away from reliance on outside expertise, instead drawing on and developing the experience and skills of their own faculty. The authors provide a complete toolbox of school-based professional development (PD) strategies, with recommendations on which tools to use for different times and settings, guidelines for implementation, and extended examples of each tool in action for a full spectrum of proven, cost-effective PD models, including:
- Book study and lesson study
- Action research and professional learning communities
- Coaching and co-teaching
- Webinars, podcasts, Open Space Technology, online communities, and much more
