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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 Articles 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 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) 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. Note: The full-text article may be read for free on the ASCD Web site. Use the URL above to locate the article by date in the Archived Issues section of the Educational Leadership area. Author: Dick Corbett, Bruce Wilson and Belinda Williams Publication Date: 2005, March On-the-job Learning This article discusses job-embedded learning as learning by doing, reflecting on the experience, and then generating and sharing new insights and learning with oneself and others. Author: Frank McQuarrie, Jr and Fred Wood Publication Date: 1999 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) 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 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 Acronyms in Education This is a list, arranged alphabetically, defining education acronyms Author: Schools Moving Up Publication Date: 1995-2007 Publisher: WestEd 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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