Professional Development (Volume 1)

Professional Development (Volume 1)

<P>This top-selling book will serve as the compass and road map to your school’s professional development journey. A comprehensive and authoritative resource you will go to again and again, this book helps guide principals, directors of professional development, school/district committees, and other leaders in creating an effective professional development program that moves ideas from knowledge to action.</P> <P>Topics include:</P> <UL> <LI>Learning Communities <LI>Job-Embedded Learning <LI>Coaching <LI>Teacher Study Groups <LI>Critical Friends <LI>Lesson Study <LI>Portfolios <LI>And more!</LI></UL> <P></P> <P>Additionally, this book features helpful case studies, useful forms and templates, sample agendas, and other invaluable resources for professional development.</P> <P>The second edition contains the following enhancements:</P> <UL> <LI>Expanded coverage of job-embedded learning, which is a cost-effective way for administrators to enhance professional development with their staff <LI>More information on the theoretical grounding of professional development with applications that can be readily adapted for use in schools <LI>Updated references and figures to reflect newly published literature on the topics covered <LI>User-friendly tabs, so you can find and return to your favorite sections time after time</LI></UL>