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von Frank, Valerie, Ed. – National Staff Development Council, 2009
"The Learning System" is an eight-page newsletter published eight times a year. Designed for superintendents and central office staff with professional learning responsibilities. This issue includes: (1) Superintendent Stays on Course with Personal Learning Plan (Valerie von Frank); (2) District Leadership: Permit, Don't Proscribe, to…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Central Office Administrators, School Districts, Principals
von Frank, Valerie, Ed. – National Staff Development Council, 2009
"The Learning System" is a newsletter designed for superintendents and central office staff with professional learning responsibilities. This issue includes: (1) Principal-Coaches Transform Teachers and Schools (Valerie von Frank); (2) District Leadership: Delve into NSDC's [National Staff Development Council's] New Definition of…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Central Office Administrators, School Districts, Principals
von Frank, Valerie, Ed. – National Staff Development Council, 2009
"The Learning System" is a newsletter designed for superintendents and central office staff with professional learning responsibilities. This issue includes: (1) District Pulls Together in Pursuit of Excellence: Creating Collaboration Systemwide Requires Commitment (Valerie von Frank); (2) Scheduling Time for Teacher Learning Is Key for…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Central Office Administrators, School Districts, Faculty Development
Killion, Joellen; Roy, Patricia – National Staff Development Council, 2009
From setting the stage to engaging the community in understanding the purpose of collaborative professional learning teams, this volume covers what leaders need to know to implement more effective professional learning. Chapters focus on changing school culture, scheduling time, planning, using data, designs for professional learning, facilitating…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, School Culture, Central Office Administrators, Time Management
Crow, Tracy, Ed. – National Staff Development Council, 2009
Ensuring quality teaching in every classroom across an entire system of schools--that's what a district leader's job is all about. A district leader's challenges are unique so "The Learning System" was created with that in mind. This issue contains: (1) Imagine the Possibilities: 2020 Forecast Explores 6 Change Forces that Will Shape the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Prediction, Superintendents, Central Office Administrators
Roy, Patricia – National Staff Development Council, 2010
Professional development that improves teaching and student learning meets research-based standards to ensure high-quality educator learning experiences. Since the quality of professional learning affects its results, many states, districts, and schools want to measure the effectiveness of their professional development to make targeted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Faculty Development, Professional Development
National Staff Development Council, 2003
NSDC's groundbreaking work in developing standards for staff development has now been joined by an equally important book that spells out exactly how those standards would look if they were being implemented by school districts. An Innovation Configuration map is a device that identifies and describes the major components of a new practice--in…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Standards, Innovation, Teachers