Professional development that increases educator effectiveness and student success!
Learning Forward is a leader in understanding and advancing professional learning that leads to student success. This series explores Learning Forward’s seven Standards for Professional Learning which outline the characteristics of effective professional learning that, collectively, advance teaching and learning.
This volume gives teachers and administrators a detailed roadmap for implementing the Outcomes standard. Deepen you knowledge of this standard with:
- An original essay by Delores B. Lindsey and Randall B. Lindsey on using the lens of Cultural Proficiency to highlight the theme of educational equity that is embedded in the standard
- Practical tools that guide leaders in finding coherence between performance standards for educators and curriculum standards for students
- A powerful case study to illustrate how the standard was enacted across a major urban school district
With this book, educators will reach new heights in professional growth and students will reap the benefits!
Table of Content
Introduction to the Series – Stephanie Hirsh
The Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning
The Outcomes Standard
About the Authors
1. Professional Learning Standards Through the Lens of Cultural Proficiency: A Response for Equitable Outcomes – Delores B. Lindsey and Randall B. Lindsey
2. Beginning at the End – Shirley M. Hord
3. The Case Study – Valerie von Frank
Appendix
Index
About the author
Valerie von Frank has written extensively about education over several decades as a daily newspaper reporter in multiple states covering public schools and, over the last decade, for NSDC publications, including JSD, Tools for Schools, The Learning System, The Learning Principal, and T3. She is a former editor of JSD, worked as a daily newspaper editor, served as communications director in an urban public school district, and was communications director for a Michigan nonprofit school reform organization. She is co-author with Ann Delehant of Making Meetings Work: How to Get Started, Get Going, and Get It Done (Corwin Press, 2007). She is currently NSDC’s book editor and a freelance writer and editor.