Handbook of professional development in education : successful models and practices, PreK-12

Foreword, Andy Hargreaves I. Professional Development, Past and Present 1. Teachers as Professionals: Evolving Definitions of Staff Development, Ann Lieberman & Lynne Miller 2. Federal Investments in Professional Development: What Do 50 Years of Experience Tell Us about What It Takes to Make a Difference? , Richard Long 3. High-Quality Research-Based Professional Development: An Essential for Enhancing High-Quality Teaching, Allison Swan Dagen & Rita M. Bean II. The Complexity of Professional Development in Today's Schools 4. Shaping the Contours of Professional Development, PreKa "12: Successful Models and Practices, D. Ray Reutzel & Sarah K. Clark 5. Changing the Relationship between Professional Development Policy and the Practitioner's Role, Ann Jaquith 6. Communities, Schools, and Teachers, Mavis G. Sanders & Claudia Galindo 7. District Issues: Administrators at All Levels Involved In Teachersa (TM) Professional Development, Marilyn Tallerico 8. Sociocultural Approaches to Professional Development: Supporting Sustainable School Change, Taffy E. Raphael, Jaime Madison Vasquez, Angela Joy Fortune, James R. Gavelek, & Kathryn H. Au 9. Professional Development in Early Childhood Education: Models and Recommendations, Maryann Mraz & Brian Kissel 10. The Design and Implementation of Effective Professional Development in Elementary and Early Childhood Settings, Priscilla L. Griffith, Jiening Ruan, Jennifer Stepp, & Susan J. Kimmel 11. Effective Professional Development in Secondary Schools, Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey III. Developing Solutions for Effective Professional Development 12. Characteristics of Adult Learning: Implications for the Design and Implementation of Professional Development Programs, Ruth L. Rohlwing & Maureen Spelman 13. Focusing Attention on Beliefs about Capability and Knowledge in Teachersa (TM) Professional Development, Megan Tschannen-Moran & Jason A. Chen 14. Investing in Youth by Investing in Teachers: Transforming Adolescent Literacy through Responsive Professional Development, William G. Brozo 15. Involving Teachers in Their Own Professional Development, Peter Youngs & John Lane 16. Using Action Research to Target and Generate Professional Learning, Jennifer Jacobs & Diane Yendol-Hoppey 17. Leading Professional Learning in Districts with a Student Learning Culture, William A. Firestone & Melinda M. Mangin 18. Developing Partnerships through Collaboration to Promote Professional Development, Shelley B. Wepner 19. Content Knowledge for Teaching: Framing Effective Professional Development, Jennifer Merriman 20. Standards-Based Professional Learning and Certification: By the Profession, for the Profession, Lawrence Ingvarson 21. The School as a Center of Inquiry, Bruce Joyce & Emily F. Calhoun 22. Supporting Professional Growth through External Resources, Diana J. Quatroche, Kathryn L. Bauserman, & Leah Nellis III. Pulling It Together 23. Measuring the Effectiveness of Educatorsa (TM) Professional Development, Thomas R. Guskey 24. Sustaining Teacher Professional Development, Laura M. Desimone & Daniel Stuckey 25. Lessons Learned: What Our History and Research Tell Us about Teachersa (TM) Professional Learning, Sherry Kragler, Linda E. Martin, & Ruth Sylvester Appendix. Case Studies: Successful Schools That Have Supported Teachers' Professional Development