Achieve effective, on-site teacher development without breaking the budget!This essential guide to job-embedded staff development helps schools and districts move away from reliance on outside expertise, instead drawing on and developing the experience and skills of their own faculty. The authors provide a complete toolbox of school-based professional development (PD) strategies, with recommendations on which tools to use for different times and settings, guidelines for implementation, and extended examples of each tool in action for a full spectrum of proven, cost-effective PD models, including: Book study and lesson studyAction research and professional learning communitiesCoaching and co-teachingWebinars, podcasts, Open Space Technology, online communities, and much more

Foreword, by Stephanie HirshPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPart I. What Is Powerful Job-Embedded Profressional Development, and How Can You Make It Happen?1. Cultivating Professional Development From Inside the Four Walls of Your School So What Is Job-Embedded Professional Development? What Are the Building Blocks for Job-Embedded Professional Development? An Example: What Did Mrs. Oublier Teach Us About Building Professional Knowledge That Facilitates Change? Concluding Thoughts Additional Resources2. Creating Space and Reconceptualizing Roles for Job-Embedded PD: Building the Back Porch What Exactly Is a School¿s Back Porch? Who Is on the Back Porch? Roles and Responsibilities What Is a Teacher Leader? What Is the Role of the Principal? Concluding Thoughts Additional Resources3. Thinking Outside the Clock and Inside the Budget: How to Find Time and Money for Job-Embedded PD Finding Time Finding Money How to Use Time and Money Creatively An Example: Finding Time and Money for Job-Embedded PD Concluding Thoughts Additional ResourcesPart II. The Professional Development Toolbox: Strategies to Actualize Powerful Professional Development4. Book Studies, Webinars, Podcasts, and Online Video Libraries Definition: Book Study Definitions: Webinar, Podcasts, and Online Video Library Illustration: From Book Study to Webinar and Back Again What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources5. Research-in-Action and Coteaching Definition: Research-in-Action Illustration: Research-in Action Definition: Coteaching Illustration: Coteaching?Lead and Support Illustration: Coteaching?Parallel Teaching What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources6. Conversation Tools: Protocols, Open Space Technology, and the Knowledge Cafe Definition: Conversation Tools Illustration: Conversation Tools What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources7. Lesson Study Definition: Lesson Study Illustration: Lesson Study What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources8. Teacher Inquiry/Action Research Definition: Teacher Inquiry/Action Research Illustration: Teacher Inquiry/Action Research What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources9. Coaching Models: Peer, Culturally Responsive, and Content Focused Definition: Coaching Illustration: Peer Coaching Illustration: Culturally Responsive Coaching Illustration: Content-Focused Coaching What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional Resources10. Professional Learning Communities Definition: Professional Learning Community Illustration: Inquiry-Oriented PLC What Have We Learned? Some Things to Think About Additional ResourcesPart III. Using Your Toolbox: Tips for Developing a Successful Job-Embedded, Professional Development Program11. Making the Match: Aligning Data and the Right Tools With Your Particular Needs What Factors Should I Consider in the Matchmaking Process? Illustration: Sixth-Grade Language Arts Teacher Keisha Wagner What Is a Theory of Change, Why Do You Need One, and How Do You Get One? Illustration: Elementary School Teacher Leader Kevin Smith Tips for Making the Perfect Match for Professional Learning Concluding Thoughts12. Effective Professional Development Within Your School Walls: Lessons Learned Ten Lessons for Making Job-Embedded Professional Development a Success at Your School Parting CommentsReferences and Additional ReadingIndex