This text specifically targets busy school principals who want practical suggestions grounded in national NSDC standards for balancing everyday administrative tasks while encouraging teachers' professional growth.This text specifically targets busy school principals who want practical suggestions grounded in national NSDC standards for balancing everyday administrative tasks while encouraging teachers' professional growth. Although there are many resources for building administrators to learn models and implementation issues for quality professional development, few I've seen have compiled as handy a resource as this one. Tallerico empowers principals with her view that leaders matter and demonstrates how their influence is expanded when they focus their attention on high-quality professional learning that continuously improves teaching, student learning, and relationships within the school community. List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Part I: Determining Content 1. How Should Adult and Student Learning Be Linked? 2. How Can Professional Development Be Evaluated? Part II: Designing Professional Development Processes 3. Which Models Best Suit Your Goals? 4. What Do We Know About Effective Practices? Part III: Creating Supportive Contexts 5. How Can Leaders Focus Improvement Efforts? 6. How Are More Enabling Cultures Shaped? 7. How Can Resources Be Optimized? 8. Summing Up Glossary References Index