Effective professional development schools

Effective professional development schools /

"This volume in the Agenda for Education in a Democracy series explores the expanding popularity of professional development schools and their role in educating teachers and promoting school improvement. Effective Professional Development Schools describes the criteria for establishing quality...

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Main Author: Clark, Richard W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©1999.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Agenda for education in a democracy ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Laboratory schools > United States.
College-school cooperation > United States.
Teachers > Training of > United States.
Écoles d'application > États-Unis.
Coopération université-école > États-Unis.
Enseignants > Formation > États-Unis.
College-school cooperation.
Laboratory schools.
Teachers > Training of.
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Qualitätsmanagement.
Schule.
United States.
USA.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: definition, description, and benefits of a professional development school (PDS)
  • Cultivating the fabric: conditions in creating a PDS
  • Cutting the cloth: forging a common educational mission
  • The first layer of clothes: processes in creating a PDS
  • Style, not fad: essential qualities of an effective PDS
  • Keeping the britches up: PDS costs and financing
  • Ensuring that there really are clothes: evaluating a PDS
  • Lead on: the leadership imperative.

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