Professional Learning Redefined: An Evidence-Based Guide

by Isabel Sawyer, Marisa Ramirez Stukey

You’ve just found your new comprehensive guide to designing powerful professional learning! Maybe you’ve run out of fresh ideas to help teachers improve their instructional practice. Maybe you need some help to feel as though your PLCs, coaching and workshops are making an impact. You’ve picked up the right book! Isabel Sawyer and Marisa Ramirez-Stukey have studied the research on effective professional learning from the past 25 years and distilled these findings into this practical guide for the numerous roles of educators charged with supporting teachers. Readers will learn to construct a multi-year implementation framework and also

Facilitative techniques that support powerful professional learning Planning tools to shift instruction at the school and district level Functional characteristics of a successful facilitator able to combine content and context of learning Full of protocols, strategies, and case studies, this book dissects the key components of professional learning, like coherence, connections, and content, and examines each through an evidence-based lens.  

149 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 16, 2019

Reviews

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I work to plan worthwhile professional learning experiences for my colleagues I am always looking for ways to make them as effective as possible. Saw author Marisa Ramirez Stukey speak a few weeks ago and needed to get my hands on this book. I appreciate how useful (and realistic) the steps for planning PD that connects back to student learning. I'll keep this one handy as I plan to support teachers in the future.

[Michael DeCaprio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really nice tight handbook for organizing professional learning. Touches on adult leaning theory, effective professional learning, protocols, evaluating PL, and includes a handful of protocols in the appendix.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Should be mandatory if you provide any sort of professional learning to teachers. Quick and informative. I'll be rereading it at some point.

[Abbey Jarvis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid guidance.

[Trent Mikesell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great ideas for planning professional development for educators.