Transforming professional development into student results / Douglas B. Reeves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reeves, Douglas B., 1953-

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--In-service training--United States.

Teachers.

Teachers--Professional relationships--United States.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 156 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, Va. : ASCD, c2010.

Alexandria, Va. : ASCD, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If you're tired of professional development that takes up too much time and delivers too little, then you'll appreciate this guide to effective and sustainable practices that help educators make a measurable difference for their schools and their students.

Contents:

Accountability: why autopsies do not improve patient health

Uniform differentiated instruction and other contradictions in staff development

The law of initiative fatigue

The myths and realities of planning

Mr. McGuffey doesn't teach here: the brand-name fallacy

Scattershot learning: "if it's Tuesday, it must be brain research"

From vision to implementation

Focus: teaching, curriculum, assessment, and leadership

Making action research work

Beyond "train the trainer"

Performance assessment for teachers and administrators

High-impact learning in action

Appendix A: results of a study of school planning, implementation, and monitoring

Appendix B: planning, implementation, and monitoring (PIMTM) rubric.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612757440

9781416612445

1416612440

9781282757448

128275744X

9781416609537

1416609539

9781416609520

1416609520

9781416609506

1416609504

OCLC:

680624041