Learning Along the Way: Professional Development by and for Teachers

In Learning Along the Way, you will see concrete examples of how your school can move away from a one-size-fits-all professional development model to create an authentic learning environment that meets the needs of individual teachers. The book features chapters that focus on:

• implementing an instructional coaching model;
• establishing study groups among teachers;
• using observation as a means to model effective instruction;
• going deeper with discussion through the use of Critical Friends protocols;
• examining various ways adults process new information;
• encouraging teachers to take leadership roles;
• focusing the principal's leadership around the professional development model.

Replete with real-life anecdotes and practical steps offered at the end of each chapter, this book will be useful to any teacher or administrator interested in rethinking the way they look at professional development.