Developing High-Quality Campus Plans for Professional Development
Staff development knowledge has reached the point where any school district can build a staff development program that enhances professionalism and supports curricular and instructional change that accelerates student learning in the personal, social, and academic domains. Bruce Joyce Beverly Showers September 2002
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Professional Development Description Results-driven and job-embedded Focused on helping teachers become deeply immersed in subject matter and teaching methods Curriculum-centered and standards-based Sustained, rigorous, and cumulative Directly linked to what teachers do in their classrooms. Dennis Sparks and Stephanie Hirsh National Staff Development Council
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The same Data used to create your CIP should Focus and Monitor the results of your Professional Development.
Victoria L. Bernhardt, PhD 1. Using Data to Improve Student Learning in Elementary Schools 2. Using Data to Improve Student Learning in Middle Schools 3. Using Data to Improve Student Learning in High Schools
Demographic Data It is important to gather current demographic data to know who we are serving. It is then important to determine if professional development needs are related to this data.
Student Learning Data This layout tells the story of the school. If you want your story to change, you have to know what it is.
School Process Data Improvement is not achieved by focusing on results, but by focusing on improving the systems that create the results. These may indicated needed professional development.
Perceptual Data Perceptions are important because they can tell us what motivates people — our students, staff, and community. They can also tell us about satisfaction with professional development.
Data at Texas Schools Demographic Data Perceptual Data School Process Data Transparency Set #1 Student Learning Data
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Job-Embedded Professional Development Page 58 Professional Development should be embedded in the daily life of every school...
Where to find the Time for job-embedded Professional development? Session Tool #3
Where to find the time? Large group sessions Small group sessions Individually Grade level/Team meetings Departmental meetings Faculty meetings Designated district days Specific PD release time Purchased with substitutes Trading-off for non-teaching days
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Joyce and Showers 2002 Student Achievement Through Staff Development 3rd Edition By Bruce Joyce and Beverly Showers
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Does your CIP use the Joyce and Showers research to plan Professional Development?
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