Powerful Professional Development

Diane Yendol-Hoppey is a professor of education and dean in the College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida. Prior to her appointment at the University of North Florida, she served as the associate dean of educator preparation and partnerships at the University of South Florida, director of the Benedum Collaborative at West Virginia University and taught for many years at the University of Florida where she was the evaluator of numerous district, state, and national professional development efforts. Before beginning her work in higher education, Diane spent 13 years as an elementary school teacher in Pennsylvania and Maryland. She holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from The Pennsylvania State University. Diane's current work explores national and international research focusing on teacher education clinical practice, job-embedded professional learning, and teacher leadership. Diane received the AERA Division K Early Career Research Award for her ongoing commitment to researching innovative approaches to professional development. She has published six books and over 60 articles in professional journals. Nancy Fichtman Dana is currently professor of education in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She began her career in education as an elementary school teacher in Hannibal Central Schools, New York. Since earning her PhD from Florida State University in 1991, she has been a passionate advocate for teacher inquiry and has worked >extensively in supporting schools, districts and universities in implementing powerful programs of job-embedded professional development through inquiry across the United States and in several countries, including China, South Korea, Belgium, Portugal, The Netherlands, Slovenia, and Estonia. She has published ten books and over 100 articles in professional journals and edited books focused on her research exploring teacher and principal professional development and practitioner inquiry. Dana has received many honors, including the Association of Teacher Educator's Distinguished Research in Teacher Education Award and the National Staff Development Council (now Learning Forward) Book of the Year Award, both honoring Dana and Yendol-Hoppey's work related to practitioner inquiry.

Foreword, by Stephanie Hirsh Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I. What Is Powerful Job-Embedded Profressional Development, and How Can You Make It Happen? 1. Cultivating Professional Development From Inside the Four Walls of Your School So What Is Job-Embedded Professional Development? What Are the Building Blocks for Job-Embedded Professional Development? An Example: What Did Mrs. Oublier Teach Us About Building Professional Knowledge That Facilitates Change? Concluding Thoughts Additional Resources 2. Creating Space and Reconceptualizing Roles for Job-Embedded PD: Building the Back Porch What Exactly Is a School's Back Porch? Who Is on the Back Porch? Roles and Responsibilities What Is a Teacher Leader? What Is the Role of the Principal? Concluding Thoughts Additional Resources 3. Thinking Outside the Clock and Inside the Budget: How to Find Time and Money for Job-Embedded PD Finding Time Finding Money How to Use Time and Money Creatively An Example: Finding Time and Money for Job-Embedded PD Concluding Thoughts Additional Resources Part II. The Professional Development Toolbox: Strategies to Actualize Powerful Professional Development 4. Book Studies, Webinars, Podcasts, and Online Video Libraries Definition: Book Study Definitions: Webinar, Podcasts, and Online Video Library Illustration: From Book Study to Webinar and Back Again What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources 5. Research-in-Action and Coteaching Definition: Research-in-Action Illustration: Research-in Action Definition: Coteaching Illustration: Coteaching?Lead and Support Illustration: Coteaching?Parallel Teaching What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources 6. Conversation Tools: Protocols, Open Space Technology, and the Knowledge Cafe Definition: Conversation Tools Illustration: Conversation Tools What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources 7. Lesson Study Definition: Lesson Study Illustration: Lesson Study What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources 8. Teacher Inquiry/Action Research Definition: Teacher Inquiry/Action Research Illustration: Teacher Inquiry/Action Research What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources 9. Coaching Models: Peer, Culturally Responsive, and Content Focused Definition: Coaching Illustration: Peer Coaching Illustration: Culturally Responsive Coaching Illustration: Content-Focused Coaching What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources 10. Professional Learning Communities Definition: Professional Learning Community Illustration: Inquiry-Oriented PLC What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources Part III. Using Your Toolbox: Tips for Developing a Successful Job-Embedded, Professional Development Program 11. Making the Match: Aligning Data and the Right Tools With Your Particular Needs What Factors Should I Consider in the Matchmaking Process? Illustration: Sixth-Grade Language Arts Teacher Keisha Wagner What Is a Theory of Change, Why Do You Need One, and How Do You Get One? Illustration: Elementary School Teacher Leader Kevin Smith Tips for Making the Perfect Match for Professional Learning Concluding Thoughts 12. Effective Professional Development Within Your School Walls: Lessons Learned Ten Lessons for Making Job-Embedded Professional Development a Success at Your School Parting Comments References and Additional Reading Index

"This book pulls together critical elements necessary for schools to harness and harvest the talent that exists within their walls. The authors offer a menu of practical, integrated, research-based tools and processes that engage and empower teachers and administrators to co-construct a powerful form of job-embedded professional development that is relevant, focused, and organic. In so doing, schools transform themselves into a self-sustaining learning organization." -- Pedro R. Bermudez, Professional Development Support "The structure of this book makes it the perfect resource for any school team or leader striving to implement job-embedded professional development resulting in improved teacher practice and student learning. The authors not only provide all of the tools for our work as district leaders, principals, teacher leaders, or coaches, they also present illustrations from educators in the field to demonstrate application of the tools." -- Carla Williamson, Executive Director of Professional Development/Teacher Leadership "I love, love, love this book! It's a veritable smorgasbord of strategies for professional development that maximizes time and on-site expertise. From the perspective of an educator hungry for cost-effective, proven ways to promote ongoing, job-embedded professional learning, this is an a la carte menu from which to build healthy professional development 'meals' based on specific needs and available resources." -- Gail Ritchie, Instructional Coach "Yendol-Hoppey and Dana recognize our 'reality of the moment' and offer solutions that will allow us to continue in our quest to make good teachers great." -- Terry Campanella, Coach