Effective professional development schools /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clark, Richard W.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1999]
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Agenda for education in a democracy ; v. 3.
Subjects:	Laboratory schools > United States. College-school cooperation > United States. Teachers > Training of > United States.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: definition, description, and benefits of a professional development school (PDS)
Cultivating the fabric: conditions in creating a PDS
Cutting the cloth: forging a common educational mission
The first layer of clothes: processes in creating a PDS
Style, not fad: essential qualities of an effective PDS
Keeping the britches up: PDS costs and financing
Ensuring that there really are clothes: evaluating a PDS
Lead on: the leadership imperative.