In America, the average person will spend 90,000 hours at work, or about a quarter of his or her adult life. Job satisfaction, then, can have an enormous influence on quality of life. Unfortunately, many in the workforce will spend all or a portion of their work life feeling stagnant and lacking passion for their job. The choices organizational leaders make about staff development can influence the organization's success. Being proactive and intentional about how professional learning opportunities are selected and incorporated into the learners' professional lives will optimize the benefits for employers, employees, and the students, customers, or clients they serve. The topic of this book, proactive professional learning, is a way to create a rewarding, highly effective work environment that makes people want to get the most out of their work experience, and in doing so, optimize the effectiveness of the organization that employs them.
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Oran Tkatchov's career has included such roles as a middle school teacher, high school teacher and charter school director. He has spent the last 15 years directing, presenting and providing professional development in the areas of special education, leadership and organizational improvement for various agencies and businesses.
Mary Tkatchov has devoted almost two decades to the education field as a former high school teacher and adult educator, and she is currently working in assessment development for Teachers College at Western Governors University. She presents at national conferences and writes articles about education and assessment in higher education.
Inhalt
Dedication
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Why Proactive Professional Learning is Necessary in Every Profession
Chapter 2. Learning Theory in Professional Learning
Chapter 3. Types of Professional Learning: Choices, Choices, Choices
Chapter 4. Proactive Professional Learning Trait #1: Targeted
Chapter 5. Proactive Professional Learning Trait #2: Data-Driven
Chapter 6. Proactive Professional Learning Trait #3: Job-Embedded
Chapter 7. Proactive Professional Learning Trait #4: Continual
Chapter 8. Conferences and Workshops as Professional Learning
Chapter 9. Observation as Professional Learning
Chapter 10. Book Study as Professional Learning
Chapter 11. Action Learning as Professional Learning
Chapter 12. Individually Guided Learning as Professional Learning
Chapter 13. Mentoring as Professional Learning
Chapter 14. The Proactive Professional Learning Plan: Putting All the Parts Together
Chapter 15. Change and Resistance in Professional Learning
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