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Professional development is union work: embedding the standards
On Oct. 30, 2001, the first weekend of a year-long series of statewide workshops designed to “Create a New Vision for Minnesota Staff Development,” two declarations about staff development challen..
Leaders can ensure that all students have access to quality teaching
Deborah B. was one of the worst teachers I ever witnessed teaching. She began yelling at students from the moment they walked in the door. She threatened them and scowled at them — and they scowled..
How to decide who will make the decision
Some groups may include individuals who all are “on the same page,” with similar philosophies, problem-solving approaches, and roles or power. More common, however, are groups made up of people wh..
Can educators close the achievement gap?
American schools have been given an impossible job, researcher Richard Rothstein asserts. The No Child Left Behind Act requires them to get students from all demographic groups to high academic standa..
Nuts and bolts of a district improvement effort in Maryland centers on the staff development teacher
These teacher comments refer to the impact of the staff development teacher, the “teachers’ teacher” in each of the 199 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. The staff develop..
Right way to begin depends on where you are right now
Sally Oxenberry was asked to facilitate the leadership team that meets weekly at her middle school and to help develop a spirit of collaboration. The school staff is organized into teams of five or s..
Immersion in writing
Ruth Devlin has been teaching young writers for 15 years, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. The books her 2nd graders have written fill their classroom library, a testimony to her skill and de..
Student work
Most elementary school teachers have taken at most a twohour composition class in college focusing on their own writing, not on how to teach it (Urquhart & McIver, 2005, p. 4). The key to helping ..
Examining 4 myths about learning to teach writing
There is no single program for improving student writing, but there are common elements of programs that help kids learn to write well. Likewise, there is no professional development program that pro..
Assessing with heart
Ours is a nation obsessed with assessment. We assess our students continuously, and while it is a very good thing to establish accountability and to see how things are going, constant assessment also ..
