How do we determine the effects and effectiveness of activities designed to enhance the professional knowledge
and skills of educators so that they might improve the learning of students? Thomas R. Guskey explores the processes
and procedures involved in evaluating professional development, from the very simple to the very complex, at five
increasing levels of sophistication:
Participants' reactions to professional development
How much participants learn
Evaluating organizational support and change
How participants use their new knowledge and skills
Improvement in student learning
. . . complete with sample evaluation forms, checklists, and helpful hints and tips.
Table of Contents
Foreword - Dennis Sparks
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. What Is Professional Development?
2. What Is Evaluation?
3. Practical Guidelines for Evaluating Professional Development
4. Level 1: Participants' Reactions
5. Level 2: Participants' Learning
6. Level 3: Organization Support and Change
7. Level 4: Participants' Use of New Knowledge and Skills
8. Level 5: Student Learning Outcomes
9. Presenting Evaluation Results
