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Powerful Professional Development Building Expertise Within the Four Walls of Your School

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ISBN-10: 1412979757

ISBN-13: 9781412979757

Edition: 2010

Authors: Diane Yendol-Hoppey, Nancy Fichtman Dana

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Corwin Press
Publication date: 2/9/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

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