Monitoring

         ** Professional Development has little chance of deep implementation without considerable attention to monitoring and evaluation of the impact of professional development efforts.

Innovation Configurations or IC Maps ** explicitly define what the new program or practices we want teachers to implement. It describes the major program components that are key to implementation. It delineates the ideal as well as variations for acceptable implementation. It also describes unacceptable implementation. ** <span style="color: rgb(23,26,130);">Resources: ** <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These maps should be developed by teams of teachers. Although the maps appear deceptively simple to develop, they require considerable to work to identify, describe and agree to the behaviors associated to implementation. However, the effort is well worth it! Having **CONSENSUS** on the behaviors associated with implementation from teachers is invaluable. It provides buy-in, focus and clarity of goals. It can also be used for individual teachers as well as building leaders to assess progress toward goals and next steps. <span style="color: rgb(28,32,89);"><span style="color: rgb(30,46,102);"><span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">    <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> > Please note: Must be a member to view article.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Clarify Your Vision with an Innovation Configuration Map.** Great article from the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) on innovation configurations can be found at http://www.nsdc.org/publications/articleDetails.cfm?articleID=1520
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(58,50,103);">Walk-Throughs **