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Book SynopsisIn 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.
Table of ContentsDedication 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 Bibliography
