The right learning design can support professional growth!
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.
In this volume, you’ll get original essays, an inspirational case study, and detailed guidance on implementing the Design standard. Deepen your knowledge of standards with
- An original essay by Eleanor Drago-Severson that offers a fresh take on designs for professional learning that is grounded in adult developmental theory
- Practical tools that assist readers in selecting appropriate learning designs that promote educator growth
- Examples of powerful designs for professional learning that are job-embedded, promote active engagement, and support implementation
With this book, educators will reach new heights of professional growth and students will reap the benefits.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction to the Series – Stephanie HIrsh
The Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning
The Learning Designs Standard
About the Authors
1. Helping Adults Learn: The Promise of Designing Spaces for Development – Eleanor Drago-Severson
2. Learning Designs: The Bridge Between Planning and Implementation – Patricia Roy
3. The Case Study – Valerie von Frank
Index
Om författaren
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.