Individualizing Professional Development : A Framework for Meeting School and District Goals

by Vicki R. Husby

• ISBN13: 9781412909426
• ISBN10: 1412909422
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-10
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

Husby provides a job-embedded professional development process that satisfies both individual needs of teachers and organizational demands for academic improvement.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Jo Blase
Preface	xiii
About the Author	xix
Introduction: Meeting Every Teacher's Needs	1	(10)
Structuring the Professional Development Program	11	(10)
The Learning Plan	21	(4)
Working From the Learning Plan: Identifying Focus	25	(10)
Working From the Learning Plan: Defining the Problem	35	(6)
Working From the Learning Plan: Planning for Self-Directed Study	41	(6)
Working From the Learning Plan: Self-Directed Study	47	(24)
Incorporating Learning Plans Into Existing Professional Development Programs	71	(14)
Adjusting the Model to Meet School and District Needs	85	(16)
Preparing for Participant Responses to Self-Directed Learning	101	(12)
Guiding Self-Directed Learning: Do's and Don'ts	113	(8)
Conclusion	121	(2)
Resource A: Session Agendas	123	(4)
Resource B: Learning Plan	127	(14)
Resource C: Reproducible Templates	141	(4)
References	145	(4)
Index	149