Designing Professional Development for Change
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Designing Professional Development for Change: A Guide for Improving Classroom Instruction

Designing Professional Development for Change: A Guide for Improving Classroom Instruction


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"A practical, easy-to-follow guide for moving toward positive change for schools." —Linda Diaz, Program Specialist for Professional Development Monroe County Schools, FL "Offers readers the guiding principles and essential ingredients that must be incorporated into successful professional development programs." —David Freitas, Professor Indiana University, South Bend Implement professional development practices that generate systemic change to improve teaching and learning! Enriching the professional lives of teachers is not only an art, but a science. This resource provides a research-validated road map for staff developers and principals to promote positive student outcomes and increase school performance through effective professional development. The new edition offers practical methods for designing staff development experiences that facilitate a high level of learning transfer into the classroom. Administrators and staff developers will find guidelines for professional development that fosters meaningful cognitive connections for participants and supports continuous academic improvement and lifelong learning for students. This substantially updated revision includes: A three-stage framework that helps ensure sustainable results Emphasis on mediated learning experiences and skillful coaching for adult learners A focus on the site-based professional developer′s role as a champion for change The second edition of Designing Professional Development for Change offers a starting point for cultivating quality professional learning experiences that lead to improved classroom instruction.

Table of Contents:
Preface to the Second Edition 1. Why Change? 2. A Paradigm Shift 3. Getting to the Heart of the Matter 4. Transfer: A Different Way of Learning 5. Learning Transfer in the Learning Community 6. The Three Stages of Professional Development for Change 7. A Reality Check 8. The Sustainability Factor 9. A Professional Developer’s Checklist for Change References

About the Author :
James Bellanca is a life-long advocate for the principles and practices created by Reuven Feuerstein.  As a Senior Fellow for the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, he created and edits the innovative P21Blogazine. He is the editor of a series of 21st Century Deeper Learning collections, has authored more than a dozen how-to books aimed to infuse critical and creative thinking across the curriculum and is President of the Illinois Consortium for 21st Century Schools.

Review :
"Bellanca describes how to successfully design and plan for systemic professional development that empowers all learners to own their learning, which promotes professional growth.” "A practical, easy-to-follow guide for moving toward positive change for schools." "Offers readers the guiding principles and essential ingredients that must be incorporated into successful professional development programs.”


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781412965460
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 236 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1412965462
  • Publisher Date: 05 Nov 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 128
  • Sub Title: A Guide for Improving Classroom Instruction
  • Width: 152 mm


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