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"The definitive book about planning and presenting professional development that energizes and empowers adult learners. Captures the heart and soul of the process."
—Kay Burke, International Consultant
Author, From Standards to Rubrics in 6 Steps
Make your staff development stick with tips from top pros!
With new initiatives and requirements for classroom teaching and assessment, the challenges for staff developers are growing. Internationally recognized authors and consultants Robin Fogarty and Brian Pete help readers meet those challenges head-on. This book shares their deep expertise with tools to successfully guide staff to the highest levels of effectiveness, ultimately leading to greater student achievement.
From Staff Room to Classroom is built around four critical roles of the staff developer: designing, presenting, facilitating, and coaching. Rich with theoretical underpinnings, this book drills down to the essentials for each aspect and role. Offering concrete help for working with teachers using myriad real-life mentoring and coaching scenarios for reference and inspiration, this practical guide presents techniques for:
- Customizing professional development to fit the unique needs of adult learners
- Organizing a successful workshop
- Incorporating five essential elements for sound training
- Building relationships and community
- Putting ideas into immediate practice using extensive reproducibles, templates, and practical tips
Focus on strategies that address your specific needs or simply follow the guide from beginning to end. This amazing tool kit of wisdom, know-how, and how-to is built on the expertise of tried-and-true best practices that work!
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments From the Publisher
Acknowledgments From the Publisher
Introduction
- A Look at the Book
- A Peek at the Chapter Highlights
- An Invitation
About the Authors
- 1. A Guide to the Change Process
- The Change Process
- Tools to Use
- 2. A Guide to the Adult Learner
- The Adult Learner
- Tools to Use
- 3. A Guide to Site-Based Professional Development
- Evolution of Professional Development
- Tools to Use
- 4. A Guide to the Role of Designing Professional Learning
- Desiging Role
- Three Essential Elements
- Tools to Use
- 5. A Guide to the Role of Presenting Professional Learning Experiences
- The Presenting Role
- Tools to Use
- 6. A Guide to the Role of Facilitating Professional Learning
- The Facilitating Role
- Tools to Use
- 7. A Guide to the Role of Coaching Professional Learning
- The Coaching Role
- Tools to Use
- 8. A Guide to the Anatomy of a Workshop
- The Training Model That Works
- A Classic Example
- Tools to Use
- 9. A Guide to Sustained Professional Learning
- Professional Learning Communities
- Tools to Use
Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
"The definitive book about planning and presenting professional development that energizes and empowers adult learners. Captures the heart and soul of the process."
—Kay Burke, International Consultant
Author, From Standards to Rubrics in 6 Steps
Make your staff development stick with tips from top pros!
With new initiatives and requirements for classroom teaching and assessment, the challenges for staff developers are growing. Internationally recognized authors and consultants Robin Fogarty and Brian Pete help readers meet those challenges head-on. This book shares their deep expertise with tools to successfully guide staff to the highest levels of effectiveness, ultimately leading to greater student achievement.
From Staff Room to Classroom is built around four critical roles of the staff developer: designing, presenting, facilitating, and coaching. Rich with theoretical underpinnings, this book drills down to the essentials for each aspect and role. Offering concrete help for working with teachers using myriad real-life mentoring and coaching scenarios for reference and inspiration, this practical guide presents techniques for:
- Customizing professional development to fit the unique needs of adult learners
- Organizing a successful workshop
- Incorporating five essential elements for sound training
- Building relationships and community
- Putting ideas into immediate practice using extensive reproducibles, templates, and practical tips
Focus on strategies that address your specific needs or simply follow the guide from beginning to end. This amazing tool kit of wisdom, know-how, and how-to is built on the expertise of tried-and-true best practices that work!
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments From the Publisher
Acknowledgments From the Publisher
Introduction
- A Look at the Book
- A Peek at the Chapter Highlights
- An Invitation
About the Authors
- 1. A Guide to the Change Process
- The Change Process
- Tools to Use
- 2. A Guide to the Adult Learner
- The Adult Learner
- Tools to Use
- 3. A Guide to Site-Based Professional Development
- Evolution of Professional Development
- Tools to Use
- 4. A Guide to the Role of Designing Professional Learning
- Desiging Role
- Three Essential Elements
- Tools to Use
- 5. A Guide to the Role of Presenting Professional Learning Experiences
- The Presenting Role
- Tools to Use
- 6. A Guide to the Role of Facilitating Professional Learning
- The Facilitating Role
- Tools to Use
- 7. A Guide to the Role of Coaching Professional Learning
- The Coaching Role
- Tools to Use
- 8. A Guide to the Anatomy of a Workshop
- The Training Model That Works
- A Classic Example
- Tools to Use
- 9. A Guide to Sustained Professional Learning
- Professional Learning Communities
- Tools to Use
Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
From Staff Room to Classroom
A Guide for Planning and Coaching Professional Development
September 2006 | 176 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412926041 | $37.95 |
| Hardcover | 01/02/2026 | 9781412926034 | $79.95 |
"The definitive book about planning and presenting professional development that energizes and empowers adult learners. Captures the heart and soul of the process."
—Kay Burke, International Consultant
Author, From Standards to Rubrics in 6 Steps
Make your staff development stick with tips from top pros!
With new initiatives and requirements for classroom teaching and assessment, the challenges for staff developers are growing. Internationally recognized authors and consultants Robin Fogarty and Brian Pete help readers meet those challenges head-on. This book shares their deep expertise with tools to successfully guide staff to the highest levels of effectiveness, ultimately leading to greater student achievement.
From Staff Room to Classroom is built around four critical roles of the staff developer: designing, presenting, facilitating, and coaching. Rich with theoretical underpinnings, this book drills down to the essentials for each aspect and role. Offering concrete help for working with teachers using myriad real-life mentoring and coaching scenarios for reference and inspiration, this practical guide presents techniques for:
- Customizing professional development to fit the unique needs of adult learners
- Organizing a successful workshop
- Incorporating five essential elements for sound training
- Building relationships and community
- Putting ideas into immediate practice using extensive reproducibles, templates, and practical tips
Focus on strategies that address your specific needs or simply follow the guide from beginning to end. This amazing tool kit of wisdom, know-how, and how-to is built on the expertise of tried-and-true best practices that work!
Table Of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Acknowledgments From the Publisher
- Introduction
- A Look at the Book
- A Peek at the Chapter Highlights
- An Invitation
- About the Authors
- 1. A Guide to the Change Process
- The Change Process
- Tools to Use
- 2. A Guide to the Adult Learner
- The Adult Learner
- Tools to Use
- 3. A Guide to Site-Based Professional Development
- Evolution of Professional Development
- Tools to Use
- 4. A Guide to the Role of Designing Professional Learning
- Desiging Role
- Three Essential Elements
- Tools to Use
- 5. A Guide to the Role of Presenting Professional Learning Experiences
- The Presenting Role
- Tools to Use
- 6. A Guide to the Role of Facilitating Professional Learning
- The Facilitating Role
- Tools to Use
- 7. A Guide to the Role of Coaching Professional Learning
- The Coaching Role
- Tools to Use
- 8. A Guide to the Anatomy of a Workshop
- The Training Model That Works
- A Classic Example
- Tools to Use
- 9. A Guide to Sustained Professional Learning
- Professional Learning Communities
- Tools to Use
- Bibliography
- Index