Models of Professional Development: A Celebration of Educators / Edition 1

by Bruce Joyce, Emily Calhoun

Overview

An in-depth resource for designing and implementing effective professional development!

Identifying the major models of professional development, this comprehensive resource shows educational leaders how to design and implement professional development to meet the needs of any school. The authors analyze types and variations of models and provide concrete guidelines for implementing and evaluating a program. Based on the belief that all models can succeed if properly implemented, the book examines:

• Models to support individuals
• Collaborative direct service models such as mentoring and coaching
• Collaborative and cooperative models
• Models designed to achieve curricular and instructional change

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412978064
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/18/2010
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

Bruce Joyce grew up in New Jersey, was educated at Brown University, and, after military service, taught in the schools of Delaware. He was a professor at the University of Delaware, the University of Chicago, and Teachers College, Columbia University, where he directed the laboratory school and the elementary teacher education program. His research, writing, and consultation are focused on models of teaching, professional development design and implementation, school renewal, and programs for K12 beginning readers and Grade 3-12 struggling readers. Primary topics of his speaking and consultation include Teaching Methods, Curriculum and Content, Staff Development, and 21^st Century School Renewal. He lives in Saint Simons Island, Georgia, and can be reached via e-mail at [e-mail]. With Emily Calhoun, his most recent book is Models of Professional Development (2010). Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.

Emily Calhoun currently focusses on school improvement and professional development, where she combines practice and research. She specializes in the language arts, particularly the teaching of reading and writing in the elementary grades and literacy development K-12, including programs for struggling readers.

She writes and consults on action research, The Picture-Word Inductive Model of Teaching, and ways of incorporating digital technologies into K-12 learning environments through the development of hybrid courses.

She lives in Saint Simons Island, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

Chapter 1 The Faces of Professional Development in Education: Multiple Intelligences at Work 8

Chapter 2 Supporting the Individual Educator: Helping People Do Their Thing 19

Preface to Chapters 3 Four, and Five—Democracy, Charters, and Professional Development 33

Chapter 3 Personal/Professional Direct Service Models: Helping People Do Their Thing 39

Chapter 4 Collaborative and Cooperative Models: The Pursuit of Synergy 61

Chapter 5 Curricular and Instructional Initiatives: Schools, Districts, and States 73

Chapter 6 The Menus for "Professional Development" Days: A Long Road From Celebration to Condemnation to … 95

Chapter 7 Embracing Both Personal and Formal Knowledge Without Being Bowled Over by Either: The Nature of Evidence 108

Chapter 8 The Importance of Cockeyed Optimism: Proceeding With Pride and Confidence 128

References 133

Other Suggested Readings 137

Index 144

Acknowledgments 147

About the Authors 149

Editorial Reviews

This book serves as a very useful resource to those who develop, organize, and research staff development for teachers. The authors understand that it is important to describe the models we use as well as to consider their application and improvement in the future. The authors’ call to engage in research about staff development is a very significant challenge to professionals in the field.

Jim Jutras

The flowing finesse of writing style, blended with historically relevant theories and contemporary examples of action research, makes this a soon-to-be classic text.

Dixie Keyes