The tips and tricks you need to know to make transfer happen!This resource offers sure-fire tools and strategies for delivering professional learning that answers the question, "How can I use this in my classroom?" Gain indispensable guidance on: Effectively reaching and teaching adult learners by understanding their motivations, dispositions, and preferences

The six levels of transfer and seven bridging strategies for supporting teachers as they apply content learned in PD to their classrooms and student interactions
Updating professional learning to include technology and blended solutions

Differentiating PD cross-generationally to promote reflective processing

Acknowledgments
Publisher's Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
A Look at the Book
A Peek at the Chapter Highlights
An Invitation
1. A Guide to the Change Process
The Change Process
Tools to Use
2. A Guide to the Adult Learner
The Adult Learner
A Look at the Generations of Learners in the Staff Room
Tools to Use
3. A Guide to Site-Based Professional Development
Evolution of Professional Development
Tools to Use
4. A Guide to the Role of Designing Professional Learning
Designing Role
Three Essential Elements
Tools to Use
5. A Guide to the Role of Presenting Professional Learning Experiences
The Presenting Role
Tools to Use
6. A Guide to the Role of Facilitating Professional Learning
The Facilitating Role
Tools to Use
7. A Guide to the Role of Coaching Professional Learning
The Coaching Role
Tools to Use
8. A Guide to the Anatomy of a Workshop
The Training Model That Works
Steps to Peer Coaching Models
A Classic Example of Expert Coaching
Tools to Use
References
Index

Robin Fogarty is President of RFA: A Robin Fogarty Company, a Chicago-based, minority-owned, educational publishing/consulting company. Robin received her doctorate in curriculum and human resource development from Loyola University of Chicago. A leading proponent of the thoughtful classroom, Robin has trained educators throughout the world in curriculum, instruction and assessment strategies.
She has taught at all levels, from kindergarten to college, served as an administrator, and consulted with state departments and ministries of education in the United States, Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Robin has published articles in Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, The Journal of Staff Development and The Middle School Lournal. She is the author of numerous publications, including Brain-Compatible Classrooms, Literacy Matters, Ten Things New Teachers Need, How to Integrate the Curricula, The Adult Learner, A Look at Transfer, Close the Achievement Gap, Twelve Brain Principles, Nine Best Practices, and From Staff Room to Classroom: Planning and Coaching Professional Learning, How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core: 7 Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards, Invite! Excite! Ignite! 13 Principles for Teaching, Learning and Leading K-12 classrooms
Robin received her Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education at SUNY, Potsdam, NY, and her Masters in Instructional Strategies from National Louis University in Evanston, IL.  She is known as the teachers' teacher and has mentored numerous colleagues in the art and science of working with the adult learner. She brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to all endeavors, has a wealth of knowledge in the field and conducts highly interactive PD sessions.