VBCPS Resources:

• School Report Cards

• Climate Surveys (specific to each school site)

Articles and Thought Questions:

• Using Pre-Needs Assessment for Effective PD (Edutopia)

  • • In what ways can you personalize your professional learning to learn what staff already know and what they need to know?

• Does It Make A Difference? Evaluating Professional Development (ASCD)

  • • How can using the five critical levels of evaluation improve your professional learning offerings?

• Gauge Impact with 5 Levels of Data (Learning Forward)

  • • What are the five levels of professional learning evaluation?

    • How can you integrate these levels into your practices?

Virtual Reference Library Books:

• Chapter 6: Powerful Professional Learning for Adults. Leading the Common Core State Standards: From Common Sense to Common Practice. Cheryl A. Dunkle. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2012. pp 77-90.

• Chapter 3: Using Soft Data to Bring Information into Focus. Using Data to Focus Instructional Improvement. Cheryl James-Ward, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2013. pp 31-47.

Professional Learning Opportunities:

• Offerings will be updated as available