4th Edition

Professional Development What Works

By Sally J. Zepeda, Kaneshia R. Dorsan Copyright 2027
208 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

208 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

This comprehensive and authoritative book serves as the road map to your school’s professional development journey. Written for principals, professional development directors, other district leaders, and teacher leaders,  Professional Development: What Works ,  4 th  Edition  shows you how to plan and implement programs that support teachers and leaders within an ever-evolving and complex... Read more

Part 1: Foundations of Job-Embedded Professional Learning

1. Championing Job-Embedded Professional Learning

2. Adult Learning Leads to Professional Growth

3. Professional and Job-Embedded Learning

4. Professional Learning Goes Virtual

5. Asset-Based Professional Learning

6. Framing Professional Learning and School Improvement Efforts

Part 2: Professional Learning: Structures, Models, and Processes

7. Professional Learning Communities

8. Coaching and Peer Observations

9. Teacher Study Groups, Whole-Faculty Study Groups, Book Studies, and Critical Friends Groups

10. Lesson Study

11. Action Research

12. Portfolios

13. Assessing Professional Learning—Did Things Stick?

14. Bringing It All Together

Biography

Sally J. Zepeda is Professor of Educational Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia, USA.

Kaneshia R. Dorsan is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. She is a former middle school classroom teacher, assistant principal, instructional coach, and principal.