Effective Professional Development Schools

Author:   Richard W. Clark (University of Washington)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   Volume 3
Volume:   v. 3
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9780787945626


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   19 March 1999
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Richard W. Clark (University of Washington)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Edition:   Volume 3
Volume:   v. 3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9780787945626


ISBN 10:   0787945625
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   19 March 1999
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Definition, Description, and Benefits of aProfessional Development School (PDS). Cultivating the Fabric: Conditions in Creating a PDS. Cutting the Cloth: Forging a Common Educational MissionSimultaneously Renewing Schools and Teacher Education: Perils andPromises, John I. Goodlad. The First Layer of Clothes: Processes in Creating a PDS. Style, Not Fad: Essential Qualities of an Effective PDS. Keeping the Britches Up: PDS Costs and Financing. Ensuring That There Really Are Clothes: Evaluating a PDS. Lead On: The Leadership Imperative.

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Dick Clark presents a comprehensive and vital view of the role that professional development schools bring to today's educational renewal efforts. He offers valuable insights and thoughtful perceptions about the realistic potential that a quality professional development school can bring to learning at many levels. (Richard C. Kunkel, Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and dean, College of Education, Auburn University; executive director, The Holmes Partnership) <br> This book draws on years of watching the development of professional development schools and provides tools, critical lenses, and models for our consideration. It will help all of us involved reach toward the full potential promised by these schools. (Patricia A. Wasley, dean, Graduate School of Education, Bank Street College of Education) <br> This book balances advocacy and skepticism and offers an excellent walk-through of the most important issues facing professional developme


Dick Clark presents a comprehensive and vital view of the role that professional development schools bring to today's educational renewal efforts. He offers valuable insights and thoughtful perceptions about the realistic potential that a quality professional development school can bring to learning at many levels. (Richard C. Kunkel, Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and dean, College of Education, Auburn University; executive director, The Holmes Partnership) This book draws on years of watching the development of professional development schools and provides tools, critical lenses, and models for our consideration. It will help all of us involved reach toward the full potential promised by these schools. (Patricia A. Wasley, dean, Graduate School of Education, Bank Street College of Education) This book balances advocacy and skepticism and offers an excellent walk-through of the most important issues facing professional development schools. (Lee Teitel, co-facilitator, Massachusetts PDS Network)


-Dick Clark presents a comprehensive and vital view of the role that professional development schools bring to today's educational renewal efforts. He offers valuable insights and thoughtful perceptions about the realistic potential that a quality professional development school can bring to learning at many levels.- (Richard C. Kunkel, Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and dean, College of Education, Auburn University; executive director, The Holmes Partnership) -This book draws on years of watching the development of professional development schools and provides tools, critical lenses, and models for our consideration. It will help all of us involved reach toward the full potential promised by these schools.- (Patricia A. Wasley, dean, Graduate School of Education, Bank Street College of Education) -This book balances advocacy and skepticism and offers an excellent walk-through of the most important issues facing professional development schools.- (Lee Teitel, co-facilitator, Massachusetts PDS Network)


Dick Clark presents a comprehensive and vital view of the role that professional development schools bring to today's educational renewal efforts. He offers valuable insights and thoughtful perceptions about the realistic potential that a quality professional development school can bring to learning at many levels. (Richard C. Kunkel, Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and dean, College of Education, Auburn University; executive director, The Holmes Partnership) <br> This book draws on years of watching the development of professional development schools and provides tools, critical lenses, and models for our consideration. It will help all of us involved reach toward the full potential promised by these schools. (Patricia A. Wasley, dean, Graduate School of Education, Bank Street College of Education) <br> This book balances advocacy and skepticism and offers an excellent walk-through of the most important issues facing professional development s


Author Information

RICHARD W. CLARK is a senior associate at both the Center for Educational Renewal, University of Washington, and the Institute for Educational Inquiry in Seattle. He is a coauthor of Kids and School Reform (Jossey-Bass, 1997).

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