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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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About the Authors | |
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What Is Powerful Job-Embedded Profressional Development, and How Can You Make It Happen? | |
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Cultivating Professional Development From Inside the Four Walls of Your School | |
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So What Is Job-Embedded Professional Development? | |
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What Are the Building Blocks for Job-Embedded Professional Development? | |
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An Example: What Did Mrs. Oublier Teach Us About Building Professional Knowledge That Facilitates Change? | |
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Concluding Thoughts | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Creating Space and Reconceptualizing Roles for Job-Embedded PD: Building the Back Porch | |
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What Exactly Is a School's Back Porch? | |
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Who Is on the Back Porch? Roles and Responsibilities | |
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What Is a Teacher Leader? | |
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What Is the Role of the Principal? | |
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Concluding Thoughts | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Thinking Outside the Clock and Inside the Budget: How to Find Time and Money for Job-Embedded PD | |
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Finding Time | |
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Finding Money | |
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How to Use Time and Money Creatively | |
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An Example: Finding Time and Money for Job-Embedded PD | |
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Concluding Thoughts | |
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Additional Resources | |
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The Professional Development Toolbox: Strategies to Actualize Powerful Professional Development | |
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Book Studies, Webinars, Podcasts, and Online Video Libraries | |
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Definition: Book Study | |
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Definitions: Webinar, Podcasts, and Online Video Library | |
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Illustration: From Book Study to Webinar and Back Again | |
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What Have We Learned? | |
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Some Things to Think About | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Research-in-Action and Coteaching | |
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Definition: Research-in-Action | |
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Illustration: Research-in Action | |
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Definition: Coteaching | |
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Illustration: Coteaching?Lead and Support | |
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Illustration: Coteaching?Parallel Teaching | |
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What Have We Learned? | |
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Some Things to Think About | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Conversation Tools: Protocols, Open Space Technology, and the Knowledge Cafe | |
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Definition: Conversation Tools | |
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Illustration: Conversation Tools | |
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What Have We Learned? | |
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Some Things to Think About | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Lesson Study | |
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Definition: Lesson Study | |
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Illustration: Lesson Study | |
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What Have We Learned? | |
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Some Things to Think About | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Teacher Inquiry/Action Research | |
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Definition: Teacher Inquiry/Action Research | |
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Illustration: Teacher Inquiry/Action Research | |
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What Have We Learned? | |
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Some Things to Think About | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Coaching Models: Peer, Culturally Responsive, and Content Focused | |
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Definition: Coaching | |
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Illustration: Peer Coaching | |
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Illustration: Culturally Responsive Coaching | |
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Illustration: Content-Focused Coaching | |
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What Have We Learned? | |
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Some Things to Think About | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Professional Learning Communities | |
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Definition: Professional Learning Community | |
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Illustration: Inquiry-Oriented PLC | |
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What Have We Learned? | |
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Some Things to Think About | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Using Your Toolbox: Tips for Developing a Successful Job-Embedded, Professional Development Program | |
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Making the Match: Aligning Data and the Right Tools With Your Particular Needs | |
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What Factors Should I Consider in the Matchmaking Process? | |
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Illustration: Sixth-Grade Language Arts Teacher Keisha Wagner | |
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What Is a Theory of Change, Why Do You Need One, and How Do You Get One? | |
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Illustration: Elementary School Teacher Leader Kevin Smith | |
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Tips for Making the Perfect Match for Professional Learning | |
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Concluding Thoughts | |
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Effective Professional Development Within Your School Walls: Lessons Learned | |
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Ten Lessons for Making Job-Embedded Professional Development a Success at Your School | |
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Parting Comments | |
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References and Additional Reading | |
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Index | |