This practical resource gives elementary and secondary school
administrators a comprehensive, ready-to-use staff development
activities program that integrates in-service training,
supervision, and evaluation. The program encourages professional
growth through self-assessment and includes over 120 reproducible
forms, charts, models and other aids that can be used "as is" in
developmental activities.
For easy use, all materials are organized into nine sections and
printed in a big 8-1/4" x 11" spiral-bound format that folds flat
for photocopying of any form or chart as many times as needed.
Here's a brief overview of the topics and activities you'll find in
each section.
Professional growth in schools: Looking at the big picture--
Section 1 describes the functional relationship among in-service
training, supervision, and evaluation and shows how an integrated
approach provides the follow-up experiences teachers need to learn
and grow. The section focuses on need assessment and includes the
activity "Helping Hands," which examines various ways of acquiring
new knowledge.
In service training: What is it and what it can be-- Section 2
presents in-service training as one of the three important links in
overall development through activities such as "Sharing your
strengths&Culture; ...Culture" "and climate inventory..." and
"Values and student behavior: a needs assessment,"
Extending current concepts of in-service training-- In Section
3, you'll find an introduction to in-service activities for new
teachers plus five reproducible It's your Call case studies in
which teachers play a role and choose from multiple responses.
Other reproducibles include" Portfolios,.".."Teacherjournals,.".and
"Professional growth relationships,"
Supervision: Past and Present-- Section 4 focuses on supervision
as a teacher responsibility, rather that a duty exclusive to
administrators and includes" Standards of teacher performance," a
reproducible that identifies 75 essential and extended standards in
the areas of instruction, student relationships, and all-school
responsibilities. These provide targets for teachers as well as
evaluate measures for administrators.
The what how of supervision-- Section 5 is packed with
intriguing activities that emphasize important aspects of effective
supervision, such as "Mirrors,."."Red
Pencils...Self-Analysis...Student Feedback...Collegial
observation..."and others.
The process of effective supervision-- Section 6 explores other,
less traditional ways teachers can receive "mirrors" of their
performance in order to evaluate their own effectiveness, such as
"A quick in-service: questioning techniques "and "A video
Experience: A Mirror of classroom performance,"
Teacher evaluation: Past and present-- Section 7 links
evaluation to supervision and in-service training through
activities and reproducibles like "Teacher-directed
evaluation...Feedback..."and "Role playing episode."
The Processes of effective evaluation-- Section 8 focuses on the
integration of supervision with evaluation and includes
reproducible aids such as "Annual Review..."
"Interviewing for Tenure...Fundamental Skills..."and "Dismissal
checklist.
"Assuring the linkages among in-service training, supervision,
and evaluation-- The last section of this resource reviews the
three-pronged approach to professional development and examines
"Who does what andwhen,"
Plus you'll find a reproducible 4-page "Observational Booklet"
at the end of Unit. This is designed to help teachers gather
information about their classroom performance and to promote
teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation.
In short, Administrator's Staff Development Activities Kit gives
you the basis for implementing an ongoing staff-development program
that is embraced by teachers and administrators alike as a
self-renewing process of professional growth activities.
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