Handbook of Professional Development in Education: Successful Models and Practices, PreK-12

This comprehensive handbook synthesizes the best current knowledge on teacher professional development (PD) and addresses practical issues in implementation. Leading authorities describe innovative practices that are being used in schools, emphasizing the value of PD that is instructive, reflective, active, collaborative, and substantive. Strategies for creating, measuring, and sustaining successful programs are presented. The book explores the relationship of PD to adult learning theory, school leadership, district and state policy, the growth of professional learning communities, and the Common Core State Standards. Each chapter concludes with thought-provoking discussion questions. The appendix provides eight illuminating case studies of PD initiatives in diverse schools.

• The Reading Specialist, Third Edition: Leadership and Coaching for the Classroom, School, and Community
• The Common Core Coaching Book: Strategies to Help Teachers Address the K-5 ELA Standards (Teaching Practices That Work)
• Standards for Professional Learning
• The Reflective Educator's Guide to Professional Development: Coaching Inquiry-Oriented Learning Communities (NULL)
• Unlocking Group Potential to Improve Schools
• The Literacy Coach's Handbook, Second Edition: A Guide to Research-Based Practice
• How to Make Presentations That Teach and Transform
• Research in Mind, Brain, and Education
• The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics, Revised and Updated Edition
• World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students