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Welcome (document home page) Acknowledgments Introduction The Eight Schools The Key: A Culture of Learning Student-Centered Goals An Expanded Definition of Professional Development Ongoing, Job-Embedded Informal Learning A Collaborative Environment Time for Learning and Collaboration Checking for Results A Boost from Outside External Call to Action Partnerships with External Programs Fiscal Resources Implications for Site and District Leaders Appendix A: School Profiles Ganado Intermediate School H.D. Hilley Elementary Hungerford School, P.S. 721R International High School Samuel W. Mason Elementary Montview Elementary Shallowford Falls Elementary Woodrow Wilson Elementary Appendix B: The Research Study Tables and Sidebars Principles of Effective Professional Development National Awards Program for Model Professional Development Overview of Eight Award-Winning Schools Lessons Learned Evolving Goals at Shallowford Falls Elementary School Professional Development Planning Tools The Knowledge Loom Informal Learning Structures Identified by Teachers Coaching at Montview Elementary School Action Research at Wilson Elementary School A Place for Parents at Hilley Elementary School External Programs What Site and District Leaders Can Do Related Reading The initial research report by Joellen Killion of the National Staff Development Council, on which this document is based, is available at http://www.wested.org/ wested/ pubs/ online/ PDawards/