Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

Name: Transforming Professional Development into Student Results
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ISBN: 9781416609490

ISBN-10: 1416609490

ISBN-13: 9781416609490

Edition: 2010

Authors: Douglas B. Reeves

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Focusing on just three things--evidence of student learning, feedback on teacher and principal decisions, and depth of implementation--renowned author and thinker Douglas B. Reeves provides you with a blueprint for how to ensure professional development improves student learning. Find out: Which ineffective professional development practices often get recycled through schools year after year. Why to move beyond the "train the trainer" model. How schools leaders spend too much energy, time, and money on the initial stages of implementation. Why elaborate planning documents and "brand-name" programs are not enough to achieve results. Learn how educators at all levels can improve the results…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Publication date: 4/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 156
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.02" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: And a Good Time Was Had by All


What's Wrong with Professional Learning?


Accountability: Why Autopsies Do Not Improve Patient Health


Uniform Differentiated Instruction and Other Contradictions in Staff Development


The Law of Initiative Fatigue


The Myths and Realities of Planning


Mr. McGuffey Doesn't Teach Here: The Brand-Name Fallacy


Scattershot Learning:“If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Brain Research”


How to Create High-Impact Professional Learning


From Vision to Implementation


Focus: Teaching, Curriculum, Assessment, and Leadership


Making Action Research Work


How to Sustain High-Impact Professional Learning


Beyond “Train the Trainer”


Performance Assessment for Teachers and Administrators


High-Impact Learning in Action


Results of a Study of School Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring


Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring (PIM™) Rubric


References


Index


About the Author