From Staff Room to Classroom : A Guide for Planning and Coaching Professional Development

by Robin J. Fogarty

• ISBN13: 9781412926034
• ISBN10: 1412926033
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-26
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This valuable guide offers a wealth of strategies for designing, presenting, and facilitating professional development with follow-up coaching that meets the unique needs of adult learners.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Acknowledgments From the Publisher	x
Introduction	xi
A Look at the Book	xi
A Peek at the Chapter Highlights	xii
An Invitation	xii
About the Authors	xiii
A Guide to the Change Process	1	(13)
The Change Process	1	(11)
The Change Process---A Quiet Revolution	1	(2)
The Change Game: Myth Versus Reality	3	(2)
This Horse Is Not Dead	5	(1)
The Fear of Change	6	(1)
Who Moved My Cheese?	7	(1)
Go With the Ones Who Are Ready to Go	8	(1)
The Tipping Point---Gladwell	8	(1)
The Three-Tier Change Process	8	(3)
Looking at Fullan's Change Process in Action	11	(1)
Tools to Use	12	(2)
The Change Game	12	(1)
Picture Book	13	(1)
Quote	13	(1)
A Guide to the Adult Learner	14	(23)
The Adult Learner	15	(16)
Adult Learning---Nine Findings	15	(6)
Five Assumptions About the Adult Learner	21	(2)
Supporting Assumptions About Adult Learners	23	(1)
Thirty Things We Know for Sure	24	(1)
Implications	25	(1)
Adult Learners: Roles People Play	25	(4)
In Summary	29	(2)
Tools to Use	31	(6)
Agree/Disagree: Things We Know	31	(5)
Role Play: True Confessions. . .The Role I Often Play	36	(1)
Adult Learner---Tiny Transfer Book	36	(1)
A Guide to Site-Based Professional Development	37	(18)
Evolution of Professional Development	37	(15)
The Institute Day	37	(1)
Districtwide Professional Development Plan	38	(1)
Site-Based Professional Development	38	(1)
Communities of Learners	39	(1)
Individualized Professional Learning Plans	39	(1)
Summary	39	(1)
Best Practices in Professional Development	40	(5)
Research Base for Professional Development	45	(1)
National Staff Development Standards	46	(2)
Formats and Frameworks That Work	48	(1)
Community of Learners: Finding the Time	49	(3)
Tools to Use	52	(3)
Rate Your Professional Development Time	52	(2)
Tear/Share Research	54	(1)
ABC Graffiti---Historical Look at Professional Development	54	(1)
A Guide to the Role of Designing Professional Learning	55	(29)
Designing Role	56	(1)
Description of the Role: Designer at the Site---Creating the Setting	56	(1)
Three Essential Elements	57	(21)
Planning the Experience	57	(11)
Providing the Creature Comforts	68	(4)
Preparing the Actual Setting	72	(6)
Tools to Use	78	(6)
Professional Development Conceptual Focus: Web	78	(1)
Professional Development Conceptual Focus: Concept Map	79	(1)
Fishbone Analysis: Less Is More	80	(1)
Flowchart for Planning, Designing, and Pacing	81	(1)
Putting It Together/Action Steps	82	(1)
T-Chart Activity	83	(1)
A Guide to the Role of Presenting Professional Learning Experiences	84	(9)
The Presenting Role	85	(5)
Description of the Role	85	(1)
Sage on the Stage: Presenting the Information	85	(1)
Three Essential Elements	86	(5)
Presenter Role Rubric	91
Tools to Use	90	(3)
First Impressions	90	(1)
Skillful Presentations	90	(2)
Survey and Rate	92	(1)
T-Chart Activity	92	(1)
A Guide to the Role of Facilitating Professional Learning	93	(17)
The Facilitating Role	94	(15)
Description of the Role	94	(1)
Guide on the Side: Facilitating the Process	95	(1)
Three Essential Elements	95	(13)
Facilitator Role Rubric	108	(1)
Tools to Use	109	(1)
Cooperative Structures	109	(1)
Roles and Responsibilities	109	(1)
Team Building	109	(1)
T-Chart Activity	109	(1)
A Guide to the Role of Coaching Professional Learning	110	(20)
The Coaching Role	111	(16)
Coach in the Field: Mediating the Learning	112	(1)
Three Essential Elements	113	(13)
Coaching Role Rubric	126	(1)
Tools to Use	127	(3)
Metacognitive Reflection Tools	127	(1)
Seven Transfer Strategies	127	(1)
Coaching Tools	127	(1)
T-Chart Activity	128	(2)
A Guide to the Anatomy of a Workshop	130	(8)
The Training Model That Works	131	(4)
Theory	133	(1)
Demonstration	133	(1)
Practice	134	(1)
Coaching	135	(1)
A Classic Example	135	(1)
Tools to Use	136	(2)
Likert Scale	136	(1)
Right-Angle Thinking: One of Four Elements	137	(1)
Personal Coaching Story: Tell One! Write One!	137	(1)
A Guide to Sustained Professional Learning	138	(17)
Professional Learning Communities	139	(14)
A Model for Mentoring Our Teachers: Centers of Pedagogy	139	(2)
A Model for Coaching and Mentoring All Teachers	141	(6)
Classroom Practice: In the Heat of the Action	147	(2)
Reflective Practice: Stepping Back	149	(1)
Collaborative Planning: The Power of Think Tanks	150	(1)
New Directions: Looking Ahead	151	(1)
The Professional: Giving Back	152	(1)
Tools to Use	153	(2)
Respond to the Quote	153	(1)
Spheres of Influence	153	(1)
Identify	154	(1)
Bibliography	155	(4)
Index	159