Leading Professional Learning

Tools to Connect and Empower Teachers

Thomas C. Murray, Jeffrey Zoul

• Publisher: Corwin
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781483379920
• eBook ISBN: 9781483379937
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Leadership in Education

Expert strategies for personalized, 21st Century professional learning!

Empower teachers to take ownership of their own professional learning. Recognized EdTech leaders Murray and Zoul guide you step-by-step through the process. Confidently learn to build a values-driven school culture, personalized professional roadmaps, and a collaboration-minded staff. You'll find concrete examples, leadership profiles, and a wealth of resources to help administrators and teachers:

• Take ownership of their professional growth
• Design meaningful learning opportunities
• Collaborate and learn using technology, blogs, and social media
• Model and support professional learning for others

Transform teacher learning and see your student achievement soar!

The Corwin Connected Educators series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: it's a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning.

"Leading Professional Learning: Tools to Connect and Empower Teachers masterfully connects how and why professional learning for teachers can be transformed. It?s an accessible, practical resource that every educator should have in their toolkit."
—Cindy Johanson, Executive Director
Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation

"This is a brief, but powerful, book about making professional learning for teachers more meaningful and personal. Murray and Zoul have identified several important ways to improve how we support our teachers? learning so that they are better equipped to support their students. The book offers practical tips that schools and districts can take and use immediately."
—Todd Whitaker, Professor of Department of Educational Leadership
Indiana State University

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Publisher Note
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• About the Authors
• Introduction The Need for Systemic Change
• Chapter 1 A New Vision for Professional Learning
• Chapter 2 Lead Learners Model the Way
• Chapter 3 Personalized Learning Plans in Action
• Chapter 4 Developing the Twenty-First Century Professional Learning Mind-Set
• Chapter 5 Shifting the Focus Forward
• References
• Publisher Note