This is a practical guide to evaluating professional development programs at five increasing levels of sophistication: participants' reaction to professional development; how much participants learned; evaluating organizational support and change; how participants use their new knowledge and skills; and improvements in student learning.
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Thomas R. Guskey, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he began his career in education as a middle school teacher, served as an administrator in Chicago Public Schools, and was the first Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, a national educational research center. He is the author/editor of 18 books and over 200 articles published in prominent research journals as well as Educational Leadership, Kappan, and School Administrator. Dr. Guskey served on the Policy Research Team of the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future, on the Task Force to develop the National Standards for Staff Development, and recently was named a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association, which also honored him in 2006 for his outstanding contribution relating research to practice. His most recent books include Developing Standards-Based Report Cards (2010), Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-Based Grading (Ed.) (2009), The Principal as Assessment Leader (Ed.) (2009), The Teacher as Assessment Leader (Ed.) (2009), and Benjamin S. Bloom: Portraits of an Educator (Ed.) (2006).
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Thomas R. Guskey is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he began his career in education as a middle school teacher, served as an administrator in the Chicago Public Schools, was the first Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning. His work focuses on educational measurement and evaluation, professional development, teacher change, student assessment, and grading and reporting. A Fellow in the American Educational Research Association, his books have won several prestigious awards, including the Association of Educational Publishers' Distinguished Achievement Award in 2010.
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Must Read for Staff Developers,
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This review is from: Evaluating Professional Development (1-Off Series) (Hardcover)
Dr. Guskey gives us clear, concise research on a topic that has long been neglected-professional development practices that work. This book offers clear direction to practitioners who want to increase the effectiveness of professional development and improve student learning. Should be required reading for everyone involved in changing what educators do by changing what they know.
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The greatest! If you are in need of "how to" build a strong professional devlopment program and then the how and why to evaluate! I bought two, one to keep, and one to give away to all the folks I was trying to convince as to "how to".
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Hegelian Dialectic Process,
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This review is from: Evaluating Professional Development (1-Off Series) (Paperback)
This book is an extension of the dialectic conscious process applied to staff 'developement'. A diverse group of people dialoging to conscious, over a social issue in a facilitated meeting to a predetermined outcome. This Socialist process is dominating current educational practices. Use extreem caution.
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Before addressing issues specific to evaluation, we must first consider just what it is we are trying to evaluate. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Author's Note, Memorable Quote, Albert Einstein, Model of Teacher Change, Educational Leadership, Advanced Placement, Expert Objective, National Staff Development Council New!
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Before addressing issues specific to evaluation, we must first consider just what it is we are trying to evaluate. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Author's Note, Memorable Quote, Albert Einstein, Model of Teacher Change, Educational Leadership, Advanced Placement, Expert Objective, National Staff Development Council New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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