Powerful professional development
Subtitle: building expertise within the four walls of your school
By: Diane Yendol-Hoppey and Nancy Fichtman Dana ; foreword by Stephanie Hirsh.
Contributors: Dana, Nancy Fichtman, 1964-
Publisher: Corwin Press; Corwin
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781412979757
Subjects: Teachers -- In-service training; Professional learning communities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultivating professional development from inside the four walls of your school; title: Building the back porch: creating space and rethinking roles for job-embedded PD; title: Finding time and money for job-embedded PD; title: Book studies, webinars, podcasts, and online libraries; title: Research-in-action and co-teaching; title: Conversation tools: protocols, open space technology, and knowledge cafes; title: Lesson study; title: Teacher inquiry/action research; title: Coaching models: peer, content focused and culturally responsive; title: Professional learning communities; title: Cultivating the skills of a matchmaker: pairing data and professional development; title: Effective professional development within your school walls: lessons learned.