Anna Sommers & Patricia A. Roy 
Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning [EPUB ebook] 
Resources

Introduction to the Series – Stephanie Hirsh
The Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning
The Resources Standard
About the Authors
1. Introduction – Karen Hawley Miles & Anna Sommers
A Comprehensive Framework for Improving Instruction
A Methodology for Quantifying Professional Growth & Support
Findings from Professional Growth and Support Spending Analyses
Opportunities to Shift and Maximize Professional Learning Resources
Constraints and Challenges
Ensuring Strong Return on Investment and Financial Sustainability of Professional Growth & Support
Conclusion
Appendices
Resources
Endnotes
2. TIME: The Resource a School Can Manage to Create More Effective Instruction – Patricia Roy
Restructuring Time for Collaborative Learning
Engage Faculty Members
Fulfilling the Promise of Collaborative Time
Final Word
References
3. The Case Study – Valerie Von Frank
Using This Case Study
Shifting Resources
Maintaining PLCS, Late Starts
Instructional Coaches
Walk-Throughs and Instructional Rounds
A New Form of Evaluation
Salina Intermediate School
Support Staff for Teachers
PLCs
Saturdays
Additional Learning Time
Walk-Throughs
Reducing Professional Learning Not an Option
References
Personal Testimonies
Index

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.