RESOURCES
Powerful Planning for Student Achievement
How are the planning of professional development and increased student achievement linked and why and how are these links important? Joellen Killion addresses this question in her new book, Assessing Impact: Evaluating Professional Development (2002), which informs and guides readers in learning about staff development program evaluation. In chapter 3, Killion asserts, “Beginning with the end in mind is the first step to ensuring that students will benefit from staff development” (p. 31). Naming the planning process that she writes about “backmapping,” Killion graphically illustrates the relationship between the goal of improving student achievement and designing professional development that is accurately targeted to meet it. From the first step (analysis of student data) through the fifth (providing ongoing support for learning), “backmapping” is focused on planning professional development, but not just any kind. It must ensure that educators have the knowledge they need and the understanding of what they need to do so that their teaching will enable their students to know and do.
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Chart Summary (Below)
Improving Student Achievement Through Staff Development
1 Analyze Student Performance Data; Identify Student Learning Needs
2 Identify Target(s) For Educator Learning and Development
3 Identify Results-Based Staff Development Interventions Aligned With Target Area(s)
4 Design and Implement Staff Development Intervention(s) and Evaluation
5 Provide Ongoing Support for Learning and Implementation of New Knowledge, Skills, and Processes
Source:
Killion, J. (2002). Assessing Impact: Evaluating Professional Development. Oxford, OH: National Staff Development Council (NSDC). Online: www.nsdc.org.
Graphic reprinted with permission of the National Staff Development Council, 2003 All rights reserved.
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