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Toomes, Alyssa – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
Engaging educators in learning communities to apply a cycle of continuous improvement is not easy. Schedules, levels of expertise, and district initiatives can easily derail a campus professional learning plan, but Alyssa Toomes was concerned that professional learning experiences would become just another chore to check off teachers' to-do lists.…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Program Development, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
Pendray, Amy; Crockett, Jennifer – Journal of Staff Development, 2016
How do educators at a systems level know that professional learning is impacting teacher practice in a way that leads to improved student outcomes? California's Long Beach Unified School District, a member of Learning Forward's Redesign PD Community of Practice, partnered with other districts from across the country to answer that question. As…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Faculty Development, Educational Practices, School Districts
Little, Catherine A.; Paul, Kristina Ayers – Journal of Staff Development, 2009
Every teacher can recall a range of experiences in professional development workshops. Some of these may have provided opportunities in which teachers felt engaged, empowered, and supported as learners, while others felt disconnected from practice. Although these authors recognize that workshops, particularly those with no follow-up support, are…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Workshops, Program Design
van Es, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
A video club is a group of teachers who meet on a regular basis to view and discuss video segments from their classrooms. In a video club, the group establishes the goals, then tapes and selects the video segments for viewing. A video club is a fairly simple way to use technology for teacher learning. Video captures classroom interactions that…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Clubs, Technology Uses in Education, Professional Development

Robbins, Pam; Gerritz, Bill – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
This article describes the complex nature of the principal's job and discusses four programs that help principals acquire the skills needed to be successful. These programs are (1) Peer Assisted Leadership (PAL); (2) Cognitive Coaching; (3) Developmental Supervision; and (4) Differentiated Supervision. (MT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training, Management Development

Thomas, Gretchen – Journal of Staff Development, 1982
"Workparties," sponsored by the Teachers Centers' Exchange (Far West Laboratory), provide the time, support, resources, warmth, concreteness, and thought that productive meetings consist of. Descriptions of workparties planned for participants interested in staff development are provided. (CJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Informal Organization, Networks

Mickler, Walt – Journal of Staff Development, 1981
A case study approach is taken to the development and operation of an inservice training program designed to help teachers work more effectively with children who have learning problems. The program's strengths and weaknesses are discussed, and possible modifications to the program are suggested. (JN)
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Problems, Needs Assessment, Program Design

Todnem, Guy R.; Warner, Michael P. – Journal of Staff Development, 1994
The QUILT (Questioning and Understanding to Improve Learning and Thinking) program tested the hypothesis that well-designed staff development would positively affect teachers and students. QUILT increased and sustained teacher use of classroom questioning techniques to produce higher levels of student learning and thinking. QUILT participants…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Design, Program Development

Levine, Sarah L. – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
This article describes principals' centers and the principals' center movement, identifying key issues raised by them. Future directions and persistent questions for the principals' center movement are developed. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources, Management Development, Principals

Roy, Patricia; Elvecrog, Barbara – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
The Metropolitan Principals' Academy was formed in 1984 by eight suburban school districts in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in order to help administrators become more effective. The academy is described, and the research-based model of leadership which guides it is examined. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training, Management Development, Principals

Krupp, Judy-Arin – Journal of Staff Development, 1987
The mentoring relationship is examined in terms of the stages in the process and the benefits to mentor, protege, and the organization. A four-step procedure to effectively foster mentoring in schools is presented. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship, Mentors, Program Design

Klopf, Gordon; Caruso, Joseph – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
The Fall River Institute for Leadership was established in 1984 to aid administrators in learning about recent studies, programs, and practices in the field of leadership development and to help Fall River's 102 administrators refine their leadership skills. This article provides an overview of the institute's program. (MT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources, Leadership Training

Meadows, Robert T. – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
The Akron Public Schools conduct three interrelated programs for principals to ensure school improvement. They are Administrative Supervision Workshops, /I/D/E/A/ Principals Inservice Program, and Operation Curriculum for School Improvement. The programs, and how they overlap, are described. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training, Management Development, Principals

Prince, Gerald L. – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
The Worthington School District uses the Social Style Model in a two-day seminar to help administrators become aware of the effect of their behavior on others and to understand the effect of others' behavior on them. The program and its benefits are discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Styles, Management Development

Draughton, Bobbye S.; Hord, Shirley M. – Journal of Staff Development, 1986
"Even Champions Have Coaches" is a North Carolina program begun under the assumption that preparing principals as trainer/coaches for their peers would allow them to understand how change occurs in schools and increase the probability of successful implementation of state educational initiatives. (MT)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Development, Peer Teaching
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