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Activities Vs. Outcomes
The difference makes all the difference
By Learning Forward
Categories: Learning communities, OutcomesOctober 2015
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This article is a follow-up to “Focus first on outcomes” (Bradley, Munger, & Hord, 2015), published in the August 2015 issue of JSD. That article set the stage by creating awareness of the need and purpose for thinking first about outcomes, not activities, when starting a change project. This article is designed to build knowledge, skills, and dispositions for how to consider outcomes first in order to see change.
Logic Model As A Road Map To Reach Intended Goal
6 Strategies For A Change
Teacher's IC Map For Developing Students' Understanding of Fractions
Monitoring Tools Aligned With Educated Outcomes
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Bradley, J. (2015). Designing schools for meaningful professional learning: A guidebook for educators. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Bradley, J., Munger, L., & Hord, S. (2015, August). Focus first on outcomes: When planning change, improved student learning is the ultimate goal. JSD, 36(4), 44-47, 52.
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Hord, S.M. (2016). Beginning at the end. In Lindsey, D.B., Lindsey, R.B., Hord, S.M., & von Frank, V., Reach the highest standard in professional learning: Outcomes (pp. 43-69). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press & Learning Forward.
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Categories: Learning communities, Outcomes
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