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    Professional Education Program Showcases Everyone's Practice in a Sharing Environment

    By Jane B. Mathe
    August 2007
    It’s 9:40 a.m. and walking into Room 102 at Fox Chapel Area High School in Pittsburgh, Pa., is like stepping onto a professional learning carousel. The room is a swirl of activities, discussions, and projects. One teacher sits in the back, poring over student exit slips from that morning’s Algebra II class to see if students understand the concept of solving linear equations. At a nearby table, two teachers are learning to transfer video shot that day from the digital camcorder to their computer to use for peers to see their teaching techniques for discus- sion. Another group is meeting in the back of the room with a department chairperson, talking about their progress and sharing results from their individual action research projects. The school’s

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    Fox Chapel Area High School

    Pittsburgh, Pa.


    Grades: 9-12
    Enrollment: 1,627
    Staff: 136
    Racial/ethnic mix:


    White: 93.2%
    Black: 0.2%
    Hispanic: 1%
    Asian/Pacific Islander: 5.4%
    Native American: 0.1%
    Other: 0.1%

    Limited English proficiency: 0.2%
    Languages spoken: Chinese, Spanish
    Free/reduced lunch: 8.7%
    Special education: 13%

    Contact: Norton Gusky
    611 Field Club Road
    Pittsburgh, PA 15238

    Phone: 412-967-2453
    Fax: 412-967-0697
    E-mail: Norton_Gusky@fcasd.edu

    References

    Iriti, J. & Bickel, B. (2002). Fox Chapel Area High School Professional Education Program: An evaluation of the experiences of cohorts A1 and A2. (Executive Summary) Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, Learning Research and Development Center.


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