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2.11 Long-term Professional Growth The long-term professional growth of individual staff members is required and focuses directly on increasing student achievement. 
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Related Resources Tools NEW! Building Awareness through Self-Assessment Every Arizona public school can participate annually in the National Staff Development Council's (NSDC) Web-based survey on staff development, called the Standards Assessment Inventory (SAI). The survey assesses teachers' perceptions of how the NSDC Standards for Professional Development are being implemented in their schools. Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Sponsor: Arizona Department of Education NEW! Dialogue Guide for Facilitators Dialogue Guides are models for conducting interactive discussions across stakeholders in states and districts. These packages make new use of dependable and publicly available information. Each Guide circulates a common set of source materials and suggested procedures for involving various audiences. In this manner, stakeholders (families, practitioners, professional associations, professors, policymakers, legislators) all over the country can begin interacting in new ways around implementation issues. Publication Date: May 2005 Publisher: IDEA, NASDSE, US Office of Special Education Acronym Finder Acronym Finder has over 60,000 entries in its data base. Publication Date: 1988-2008 Publisher: The Acronym Finder Articles 9 Roles of the School-based Coach This article discusses the complexity of the duties school-based coaches face due to the new expectations of public education. Author: joellen Killion and Cynthia Harrison Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) NEW! Principal as Instructional Leader: Designing a Coaching Program That Fits This article from the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement describes ways to assess needs, select strategies, and implement a successful coaching program. Author: Julie Kowal and Lucy Steiner Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement NEW! Coaching: A Strategy For Developing Instructional Capacity Barbara Neufeld and Dana Roper discuss how coupling professional development with coaching support can produce sustainable continuous improvement in school organization and classroom instruction. Author: Barbara Neufeld and Dana Roper Publication Date: June 2003 Publisher: Annenberg Institute for School Reform Coaching Moves Beyond the Gym This article states that site-based coaches who devote time and expertise to coach individual teachers on a regular basis provide a successful means to student success. Author: Ruth Galm and George S. Perry Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Critical Issue: Finding Time for Professional Development This issue investigates how to find the time and other resources that teachers need to develop new roles and change their teaching practices to help students achieve the goals of education reform. Publication Date: 1997 Publisher: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) Critical Issue: Terms of Engagement --Rethinking Teachers’ Independent Learning Traits Focused on the need for teachers to nurture lifelong learning amongst their students and within themselves, this article examines challenges to realizing a learning community (overcoming learned behavior, fostering motivation, and aligning pedagogy) and outlines the relevance of professional development and technology to meet those challenges. Author: Beth Buchler Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education This article discusses the key findings regarding adult education, and provides suggestions to improve professional development for adults. Author: Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer, Marilyn Gillespie, Marla Solomon, and Karen Rowe Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy How to Develop a Coaching Eye This article discusses the skills, knowledge, and strategies needed to become a classroom coach. Author: Stephanie Feger, Kristine Woleck, and Paul Hickman Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Instructional Coaching This article provides eight factors for realizing better classroom teaching through support, feedback and intensive, individualized professional learning. Author: Jim Knight Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: American Association of School Administrators Longitudinal Assessment of Comprehensive School Reform Program Implementation and Outcomes: First-Year Report This report presents an evaluation of the Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) program, which advocates for the collaboration of schools with expert partners to implement whole-school reform models with a strong research base and successful replication record, in order to provide students with educational opportunities to meet high standards of learning. The evaluation focused on how CSR funds were being targeted; how comprehensive school reform was being implemented in schools receiving CSR funds, schools receiving Title I funds, and other schools; the relationship between CSR implementation and student achievement outcomes; and state- and district-level conditions that influence the implementation of comprehensive reform programs. Publisher: U.S. Department of Education No Choice but Success This article describes attitudes among teachers in two schools who believed that, regardless of conditions outside the school that might have impeded student learning, it was their responsibility in their classrooms for all students to succeed. Author: Dick Corbett, Bruce Wilson and Belinda Williams Publication Date: 2005, March Student Learning Grows in Professional Cultures The authors discuss how a culture of professionalism in the school fosters improvement in instruction and systems change. Author: TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS - August/September 1998 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Teacher Development: Policies That Make Sense This article discusses the need to extend teacher preparation and development. Author: Joan McRobbie Publication Date: 2000 Publisher: WestEd Teachers Take Charge of Their Learning: Transforming Professional Development for Student Success This report presents findings based on two years of observations, interviews, surveys and other studies examining teachers’ priorities and what kind of professional development they need to effectively do their jobs. Publication Date: 1996 Publisher: NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education Three Simple Secrets of School-Based Coaching The author gives some anecdotal pointers she has learned over her 15 years as a school-based literacy coach. Author: Juli Kendall Publication Date: November 29, 2006 Publisher: Teacher Magazine Why New Teachers Leave This article discusses some of the issues new teachers face that eventually make them leave the teaching profession. Author: Leslie Baldacci Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Useful Links Arizona Department of Education Calendar of Events This calendar can be searched by date or by ADE unit/division. ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved. |
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