Recently added articles from Journal of Staff Development:
A LITTLE GUIDANCE ON THE PATH TO SUCCESS
Jan 01, 2009; ... I am sorrounded by long-distance runners, people who love to race and set goals and meet them. I Attend enough marathons to have a well-worn spectator routine and a series of vocal exercise to get myself in shape for serious cheering. Recently, my husband and his sister were discussing the ...
Carol François joins NSDC as director of learning
Jan 01, 2009; ... NSDC Executive Director Stephanie Hirsh recently announced the appointment of Carol François as director of learning. In this position, François is responsible for overall operation of the organization's highly regarded Annual Conference and its recently developed Summer Conference for ...
NSDC BOOK CLUB
Jan 01, 2009; ... NSDC members who have added the NSDC Book Club to their membership package will receive Principal Mentoring: A Safe, Simple, and Supportive Approach, by Carl J. Weingartner. Principal Mentoring presents a proven mentoring model for recruiting, supporting, and retaining effective ...
AS WE LEARN, WE CHANGE
Jan 01, 2009; ... Recently I had a chance to reflect on what it means to learn. My reflection process began as I sat with a group of colleagues casually engaged in a dialogue for the purpose of defining that term - dialogue. As we dis- cussed individual and shared perspectives about the perceived differences and ...
NSDC AWARDS 2008
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEST RESEARCH The Impact of Job-Embedded Professional Development on Teacher Behavior and Student Achievement in Narrative Writing (unpublished study) Christopher Henken and Charles Achilles DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO NSDC Rob and Kathy ...
IMPACTING THE FUTURE NOW FOUNDATION SUPPORTS LEARNING FOR NSDC MEMBERS
Jan 01, 2009; ... Impacting the Future Now is a nonprofit foundation committed to implementing NSDCs purpose: Every educator engages in effective professional learning every day so every student achieves. The foundation is dedicated to impacting the future by growing a new generation of leaders who act on ...
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT NETWORK
Jan 01, 2009; ... CONTRIBUTION TO STAFF DEVELOPMENT Ellen Moir Executive director New Teacher Center University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Calif. STAFF DEVELOPMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR The Reflective Educator's Cuide to Professional Development: Coaching Inquiry-Oriented ...
NSDC CALENDAR
Jan 01, 2009; ... Dec. 6-10: NSDCs 40th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. February: Deadlines for Impacting the Future Foundation scholarships and grants. www.nsdc.org/connect/foundation.cfm Feb. 2: Deadline for submitting proposals to present at NSDCs 41st Annual Conference in St ....
What works, works everywhere
Jan 01, 2009; ... LEADING REFORMER SAYS SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES CUT ACROSS OCEANS AND CULTURES JSD: In your work preparing the McKinsey report, How the World's BestPerforming School Systems Come Out on Top, you found that several policies and approaches delivered superior results for students. Can you ...
LEADING VOICES PRESENT KEY STRATEGIES
Jan 01, 2009; ... As educators strive to create effective professional learning initiatives, they have so many choices to make and so much information to consider. Research on professional learning can be difficult to locate and interpret, yet tracking down this information is essential for effective professional ...
Coaching
Jan 01, 2009; ... THE KEY TO TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE LIES IN CONTINUOUS, JOB-EMBEDDED LEARNING WITH ONGOING SUPPORT In the past decade, interest in the form of professional learning loosely described as coaching has exploded. This growing interest in coaching is likely fueled by educators' ...
Data use
Jan 01, 2009; ... DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING TAKES A BIG-PICTURE VIEW OF THE NEEDS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS In July 2006, eight members of the Marylin Avenue Elementary School leadership team from Livermore, Calif, arrived at the annual Education for the Future Summer Data Institute in Chico, Calif, ...
Leadership development
Jan 01, 2009; ... SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS SEEKING HIGH PERFORMANCE NEED STRONG LEADERS Karen Waldrop is on her way to a graduate class offered for teacher lead- ers by a local university . in partnership with her school district. As she leaves her school, she exchanges greetings with her principal, who is ...
New teacher support
Jan 01, 2009; ... A COMPREHENSIVE INDUCTION PROGRAM CAN INCREASE TEACHER RETENTION AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE New teachers need help. From day one, new teachers, largely on their own, are responsible for running a classroom and ensuring student learning, as well as fulfilling administrative requirements ....
Professional learning communities
Jan 01, 2009; ... EDUCATORS WORK TOGETHER TOWARD A SHARED PURPOSE IMPROVED STUDENT LEARNING We can all agree that the purpose of schools is student learning, and that the most significant factor in whether students learn well is teaching quality. Further, teaching quality is improved through continuous ...
Workshops
Jan 01, 2009; ... EXTEND LEARNING BEYOND YOUR PRESENTATION WITH THESE BRAIN-FRIENDLY STRATEGIES Visualize the worst professional develop- ment workshop you have ever attended. Chances are, you sat passively as your presenter talked aim- lessly regarding a topic of little inter- est to you. The ...
REACH for the HEART AS WELL AS THE MIND
Jan 01, 2009; ... Individuals and organizations have an amazing capacity to maintain their current beliefs and practices in the face of massive, well-intentioned efforts to change them. Here are two facts that cannot be ignored if teaching and learning are to be improved for the benefit of all students: First, ...
SLICING THE LAYERS OF LEARNING
Jan 01, 2009; ... Anyone who seeks to understand what types of professional learning are most effective will read about a range of experiences - workshops and study groups, two-day conferences and learning communities, action research projects and motivational speakers. In fact, teacher professional learning is a ...
USE CONVERSATION STARTERS TO REMOVE BARRIERS AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS
Jan 01, 2009; ... When we conduct diversity training in schools, teachers frequently ask why students of the same racial or edinic group sit together in the cafeteria or hang out together in a particular area of the school. We often recommend they read Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? ...
PLEASE DO DISTURB: 3 WAYS TO STIR UP GROUPS AND INCREASE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS
Jan 01, 2009; ... "Natural systems cannot be directed, only disturbed." - Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, 1987 Collaborative teams, much like weather systems and national economies, are composed of independent but interrelated elements making up a whole. They are organized by nonlinear ...