Evaluating Professional Development (1-Off)

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How do we determine the effects and effectiveness of activities designed to enhance the professional knowledge and skills of educators so that they might improve the learning of students? Thomas R. Guskey explores the processes and procedures involved in evaluating professional development, from the very simple to the very complex, at five increasing levels of sophistication:

Participants’ reactions to professional development
How much participants learn
Evaluating organizational support and change
How participants use their new knowledge and skills
Improvement in student learning

. . . complete with sample evaluation forms, checklists, and helpful hints and tips.

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Hegelian Dialectic Process.......2002-05-22

This book is an extension of the dialectic conscious process applied to staff 'developement'. A diverse group of people dialoging to conscious, over a social issue in a facilitated meeting to a predetermined outcome. This Socialist process is dominating current educational practices. Use extreem caution.

Must Read for Staff Developers.......2000-02-27

Dr. Guskey gives us clear, concise research on a topic that has long been neglected-professional development practices that work. This book offers clear direction to practitioners who want to increase the effectiveness of professional development and improve student learning. Should be required reading for everyone involved in changing what educators do by changing what they know.

Assessing Educational Leaders: Evaluating Performance for Improved Individual and Organizational Results

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Assessing Educational Leaders: Evaluating Performance for Improved Individual and Organizational Results
Douglas B. Reeves
Manufacturer: Corwin Press
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ASIN: 076193801X

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"This is precisely what we need to get us to the next level of student success through better leadership."
—Terry Thompson, Superintendent
Wayne Township, Indianapolis, IN

“At a time when school leadership is central to the success of students, Reeves offers a comprehensive means to measure the critical elements of effective school leadership.”
—Vincent Ferrandino, Executive Director
National Association of Elementary School Principals

“Research studies increasingly support the significant impact that effective leaders have on school performance. A skilled leader is an essential component in successful school reform. This book makes a compelling case for transforming leadership evaluation from perfunctory to a focus on performance, reflection, and results.”
—Gerald N. Tirozzi, Executive Director
National Association of Secondary School Principals

"Reeves' book is not just another book on school leadership, but a blueprint for developing leaders."
—The School Administrator, December 2004

Improve teaching, learning, and leadership at every level by using a new process of leadership evaluation!

Drawing on current research, theory, and best practices of leadership, organizational performance, and personnel evaluation, this book contains the information and tools necessary to successfully evaluate all types of educational leaders and improve individual and organizational performance. Author of 17 books and numerous articles, national expert on topics of educational leadership and accountability Douglas B. Reeves provides a blueprint for creating a leader evaluation system that is fair and consistent.

Based on 10 Dimensions of Leadership, Reeves provides a scoring rubric that allows leaders, boards, and leadership trainees to compare performance that is exemplary, proficient, and progressing with performance that does not meet today’s standards. Whether your school system already has a leadership evaluation system in place or you are just starting to create one, this book will improve the way you evaluate and develop educational leaders.

Three critical conclusions at the heart of the book are:

Leadership has a dramatic impact on student achievement, equity, and staff morale
Leadership effectiveness includes both personal predispositions and acquired knowledge skills

The purpose of leadership evaluation is to improve personal and organizational performance, not merely to render an evaluation Assessing Educational Leaders demonstrates the need for a new form of leadership evaluation for all leaders in the field of education and offers a new model of leadership evaluation.

When properly implemented, a leadership evaluation system provides invaluable resources for identifying and developing future leadership talent. It paints the picture of organizational strengths and challenges that will improve teaching, learning, and leadership at every level in the educational system.

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Great Book.......2005-08-03

The book took a little longer than I expected but it came in great condition. If not for the time I would have given a 5 star.

The Professional Trainer: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Delivering, and Evaluating Training Programs

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The Professional Trainer: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Delivering, and Evaluating Training Programs
Robert H Vaughn
Manufacturer: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1576752704

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In today's highly competitive business world, people are the critical - sometimes only - difference between success and failure. As technology evolves, businesses must train employees, clients, and even customers more quickly and more often. In this rapidly changing climate, almost anyone can be called upon to be a trainer. Some relish the role, but most view it with trepidation. The Professional Trainer provides both full-time trainers and those who train only occasionally with the tools and techniques needed to rise to the challenge. A basic primer covering the entire training process, the book can also be used as a troubleshooting guide, with chapters on how to determine what skills and knowledge to include in a training program and the development of on-the-job lesson plans, checklists for progress evaluation, and information on when and how to use media support, and tools for making the learning process effective and attractive.

Performance Appraisals Made Easy: Tools for Evaluating Teachers and Support Staff

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Performance Appraisals Made Easy: Tools for Evaluating Teachers and Support Staff
Lisabeth S. Margulus , and Jacquelyn Ann Melin
Manufacturer: Corwin Press
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ASIN: 0761988955

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"The book provides a wealth of practical information that a practicing administrator or evaluator could use."
—Phil Silsby, Principal
Belleville West High School, Belleville, IL

"It gives you tools to use today and also walks you through a very clear process for easy implementation of performance appraisals for all staff."
—Robin Dexter, Assistant Professor
University of Wyoming

Clear, easy-to-follow steps for implementing effective performance appraisals!

Performance Appraisals Made Easy is a practical reference designed to help busy school administrators improve their staff's workplace performance.

This invaluable resource provides:

A concise overview of the performance appraisal process
Current, thorough job descriptions for most positions in today's schools
Easy-to-use formative self-appraisal and summative performance appraisal tools
Excellent coaching tools in a variety of key areas where problems can occur

All coaching tools are designed specifically to help close the skill gaps between current levels observed and desired performance. Within the book's unique and accessible format, school leaders will find useful and clear guidelines for effective performance appraisals and an abundance of stand-alone templates that can be copied and used immediately with staff members as needed. A CD-ROM is included.

CD-ROM is PC and Mac compatible and not sold separately.

E-metrics for Library and Information Professionals: How to Use Data for Managing and Evaluating Electronic Resource Collections

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E-metrics for Library and Information Professionals: How to Use Data for Managing and Evaluating Electronic Resource Collections
Andrew White
Manufacturer: Neal-Schuman Publishers
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Selecting And Managing Electronic Resources: A How-to-do-it Manual for Librarians (How-to-Do-It Manuals for Libraries, No. 146.) (How-to-do-it Manuals for Librarians)
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ASIN: 1555705146

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Is your library squeezing every dollar's-worth out of that expensive database? Should you renew your subscription to that pricey e-journal? Are your indexes serving your users? The questions keep getting tougher. The answers have seemed illusive - until now! In this user-friendly guide, White and Kamal show you how to utilize e-metrics to measure library performance and value in the digital age. You will learn how to effectively use the electronic data captured from various network activities to manage library collections, budgets, and services. Using e-metrics, the authors show you how to identify: Underused digital resources; Strategies for better collection management and development, and Virtual patron behavior patterns. They offer real-world examples to demonstrate how to develop a locally-established library e-metric system and apply it with vendor usage statistics to critical collection management and financial decisions. Includes more than 100 forms, charts, and graphs you can model for assessing your own collection s use.

Effective integration of instructional technologies (IT): evaluating professional development and instructional change.: An article from: Journal of Technology and Teacher Education

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Effective integration of instructional technologies (IT): evaluating professional development and instructional change.: An article from: Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
Katherine Mitchem , Deborah L. Wells , and John G. Wells
Manufacturer: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, published by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) on September 22, 2003. The length of the article is 5580 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Effective integration of instructional technologies (IT): evaluating professional development and instructional change.
Author: Katherine Mitchem
Publication: Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2003
Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
Volume: 11 Issue: 3 Page: 397(18)

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Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations (Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human Resource Development)

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Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations
Valuable in both educational and business organizations.

Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations (Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human Resource Development)
Byron R. Burnham
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Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations.......2006-03-31

Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations was written for professionals, involved in adult education, who are looking for new ways or more information about evaluating adult education programs. The purpose of this text is to examine ways to evaluate people, programs, and organizations. The author discusses evaluations that are completed by an outside evaluator, someone who is not a part of the organization, and information is also given about evaluations completed by someone from within the organization.
Currently I am a 4-H Program Associate, or a youth development educator in Wyoming. A major part of my responsibilities is to create, present, and evaluate programs. Throughout my life I have been involved in a variety of program planning situations while a 4-H member myself, in college, and at past jobs; however, looking back I realized that there was only one situation, that I can remember, that an evaluation was given as a part of the program. Due to my lack of knowledge in this area I thought it would be interesting to take a closer look at evaluations. The text was very interesting, and very beneficial in my search for understanding the evaluation process.
Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations is broken down into three major sections. The introduction gives some basic information about evaluations and organizations and the conclusion helps sum up the text, the meat of this text is broken into three parts two chapters each on evaluating people, programs, and organizations. Burnham has written this text based upon personal experiences and observations in the field of program evaluations. He is a program evaluator; he travels from organization to organization and evaluates people, programs, and organizations. Burnham backs up his personal experiences with scientific facts that he has located through a variety of sources.
The goal of the text is to give the reader some tools needed to successfully evaluate programs, people, and organizations. The text discusses the challenges that might arise when completing an evaluation from the political and leadership perspectives. The author then goes into detail on ways to measure or evaluate programs, people, and organizations. Each section discusses different models used to evaluate these three different sectors, and how to analysis your finding, and make presentations depending on a variety of circumstances described. These circumstances included such things as who the evaluator is, were organization members involved in the evaluation process, who are the stakeholders, and what will the results of the evaluation effect.
Personally, after reading the text I feel that the author did a good job of reaching his goals. He did an outstanding job of providing models to be used during evaluations, and he discussed in detail some problems that evaluators might encounter, and what to do in these situations. The author did a great job of introducing evaluations and I walked away from this book with more knowledge, and more confidence in my abilities to evaluate a program and my organization.
Two major factors influenced my reaction to this text they were. First, the author describes a way to evaluate employees using "job descriptions, work performed, evidence of that work, the assessors, the criteria, and a weighing criteria." (19) This hit home because this is how I am evaluated. The author discusses the importance of stakeholders input, and my organization allows input in the evaluation process as well. After reading about this type of evaluation in the first chapter, the credibility of the author really stuck out. I knew that the author had real world experience and that his examples and ideas were going to be true to life, something useful in my program. Learning about personal evaluations will help me in my job to evaluate volunteers, and I am already brain-storming ways to use this evaluation method to help me to involve my volunteers in the evaluation of the county program as well as their personal clubs.
The second reason that I found this book useful and creditable was it's symmetry to the class text. The first chapter discusses formative and summative evaluations. "Formative is used to guide the implementation and management of an evaluation. Summative is often conducted at the end of the program and is used to make some judgment about how well the program did and how worthwhile it was." (5) The author goes into detail and discusses both types of evaluations thoroughly, helping me to understand the differences.
Another symmetry, between the class text and Evaluating Human Resources, Program, and Organization was the discussion on objectives. The course text discusses at length the importance of aligning the objectives and the evaluation. The purpose of the evaluation is to see if the program was effective, if it was effective then the objectives should have been met. Burnham discusses in the section on evaluating people "The newest age of performance appraisal is based on how well established objectives have been met." (18) In other words even in performance appraisals organizations are moving toward looking at objectives.
The class text discusses evaluations at length, and what to include when evaluating programs. Burnham also discusses the importance of instrument design. The author states "Only gather information that will be used." (75) I think this is the most important aspect of evaluations. Gather data that is useful, that will be beneficial to the program, and will help to move the organization forward.
In conclusion, I am highly involved in program planning and believe that this text would be very beneficial to anyone who is planning programs. This text is also beneficial for those who are asked to do formal performance appraisals because it gives ideas about what the evaluator is looking for. In other words, the text could be beneficial in many different avenues and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is involved in program management, program planning, or human resources. The author does a fantastic job of illustrating the practices of evaluations in ways that are beneficial to professionals in adult education.

Valuable in both educational and business organizations........1999-03-20

Discusses the process of evaluation and issues relating to the role of the evaluator. Chapters discuss: personnel evaluation; evaluating programs, program planning, and human resource development outcomes; and evaluation of organizations in such areas as morale, structure, administration, functions, and strategic planning. Tends to focus on educational environments but has value for application in business.

Evaluating new technology for staff development.: An article from: Academic Exchange Quarterly

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Evaluating new technology for staff development.: An article from: Academic Exchange Quarterly
Brandt W. Pryor , Carolyn H. Crawford , Desmond V. Rice , and Caroline R. Pryor
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This digital document is an article from Academic Exchange Quarterly, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2006. The length of the article is 4217 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Evaluating new technology for staff development.
Author: Brandt W. Pryor
Publication: Academic Exchange Quarterly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Page: 253(7)

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Evaluating the Impact of Leadership Development: A Professional Guide

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Evaluating the Impact of Leadership Development: A Professional Guide
Jennifer Martineau , and Kelly Hannum
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Scratch the surface of any successful organization and you'll likely find systems designed to evaluate how well it runs. The approach to evaluation presented in this book can be applied in a variety of contexts, but the focus here is on the evaluation of leadership development initiatives. Effective evaluations keep leadership development initiatives on track and contribute to organizational learning so that organizations remain responsive and resilient.

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Faculty Development Companion Workbook Module 5:: Assessing and Evaluating the Adult Learner

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Faculty Development Companion Workbook Module 5:: Assessing and Evaluating the Adult Learner
Amy Solomon , and Quantum Integrations
Manufacturer: Cengage Delmar Learning
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Module 5 discusses evaluation of the adult learner through formal grading and informal assessment of progress in the classroom and in activities. The module identifies and discusses effective and ineffective feedback, grading, development of project criteria, and designing of evaluation tools. Additionally, the module discusses ways for faculty to assess their own skills and develop plans for improvement. The sections included in this module are as follows: Section 1: Assessment and Evaluation Section 2: Grading the Adult Learner Section 3: Design and Content of Evaluation Tools Section 4: Assessing Student Progress Section 5: Faculty Assessment

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