The Educator′s Professional Growth Plan: A Process for Developing Staff and Improving Instruction

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Jodi Peine

The Educator′s Professional Growth Plan

A Process for Developing Staff and Improving Instruction

Jodi Peine

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Corwin Press Inc
19 September 2007

Teacher assessment; Teacher training

""Outlines a systematic method that helps professional educators focus their energies on lasting professional growth. Strategies and templates assist teachers in reflecting on their own professional performance, setting their own learning targets, and managing their own progress toward greater professional success."" -Scott Estes, Principal

Glendale School, East Peoria, IL

""Offers the school leader a well-organized and effective plan. Reveals that true professional growth occurs through systematic reflection and analysis of one's strengths and weaknesses."" -Bonnie Watson, Writing Lab Coordinator Owensboro 5-6 Center, KY

Empower teachers with growth opportunities that build rich professional collaborations and raise student achievement!

Recognizing that student achievement is intrinsically linked to high-quality teaching, Jodi Peine offers an invaluable guide that helps educational leaders strengthen teachers' instructional practice with an individualized and robust professional development process.

The author provides administrators and staff developers with step-by-step guidance for designing, implementing, and sustaining a professional growth plan. Grounded in research at elementary, middle, and high school levels, the process is delivered in manageable sections with reproducible forms for every step. With a refined method that includes formal data analysis, this guidebook:

Demonstrates how participants can develop their own goals and action plans Provides current terminology and topics for individual growth plan development Examines steps to take after completing first-generation professional growth plans Helps redefine school improvement efforts to produce enduring systemic change

The Educator's Professional Growth Plan, Second Edition, provides a targeted approach that accommodates the unique needs of individual teachers. Within a supportive context, educators can assume responsibility for their own learning, witness changes in their professional practice, and realize substantive gains in student performance.

By: Jodi Peine
Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 215mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 710g
ISBN: 9781412949323
ISBN 10: 1412949327
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 19 September 2007
Recommended Age: 0 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jodi Peine is recently retired after 33 years in education. The last 13 years of her career were spent as a principal and Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Community Unit School District 702 in Tremont, Illinois. Jodi is also an adjunct college instructor and has presented at national and regional educational conferences on such topics as staff development, the professional growth plan, school leadership, supervision and curriculum, and the arts in education. She currently serves as an independent consultant to school districts.

Reviews for The Educator′s Professional Growth Plan: A Process for Developing Staff and Improving Instruction

""Offers the school leader a well-organized and effective plan. Reveals that true professional growth occurs through systematic reflection and analysis of one’s strengths and weaknesses."" -- Bonnie Watson, Writing Lab Coordinator ""A practical, comprehensive, up-to-date resource that empowers teachers and administrators to transform their schools into results-oriented professional learning communities. Peine′s differentiated growth plan accommodates the unique needs and capabilities of both the administrator and the teacher. I highly recommend this book as a staff development text for any district."" -- Lynda Hootman, Teacher Educator ""Takes readers through a process of professional growth and planning that is fully grounded in best practice. The second edition provides important insights on ways to sustain the professional growth process after the initial stages of implementation. A must-read for practicing administrators, teachers, and graduate students preparing to be administrators."" -- Jenny Tripses, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership ""Outlines a systematic method that helps professional educators focus their energies on lasting professional growth. Strategies and templates assist in guiding teachers to reflect on their own professional performance, set their own learning targets, and manage their own progress towards greater professional success."" -- Scott Estes, Principal