Talk About Teaching!: Leading Professional Conversations - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1412941415 ISBN 13 : 9781412941419

Editeur : Corwin Press Inc, 2009

Synopsis

This breakthrough work helpsáschool leaders understand the value and power of informal conversations with instructors to promote teacher learning, improve classroom teaching, and increase learner achievement. Administrators will find ′mental maps′ and practical tools to promote meaningful professional conversations about instructional practice. After the Classroom Walkthrough:Explains the critical function of informal professional conversations in supporting ongoing teacher learningExplores the interaction of power and leadership in schoolsOutlines the conversation skills needed by school leaders to conduct these pivotal conversationsProvides guidance for initiating and leading professional conversations

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Charlotte Danielson, a former economist, is an internationally-recognized expert in the area of teacher effectiveness, specializing in the design of teacher evaluation systems that, while ensuring teacher quality, also promote professional learning. She advises State Education Departments and National Ministries and Departments of Education, both in the United States and overseas. She is in demand as a keynote speaker at national and international conferences, and as a policy consultant to legislatures and administrative bodies.

Ms Danielson is a graduate of Cornell University (history), Oxford University (philosophy, politics, and economics) and Rutgers University (educational administration and supervision.) She has taught at all levels, kindergarten through university), and has worked as a curriculum director and staff development director, and is the founder of The Danielson Group. Her Framework for Teaching has become the most widely-used definition of teaching in the United States, and has been adopted as the single model, or one of several approved models, in over 20 states.

Ms. Danielson′s many publications range from defining good teaching ("Enhancing Professional Practice: a framework for teaching," 2007), to organizing schools for student success ("Enhancing Student Achievement: a framework for school improvement," 2002), to teacher leadership ("Teacher Leadership that Strengthens the Profession," 2006), to professional conversations ("Talk about Teaching! Conducting Professional Conversations," 2009), to numerous practical instruments and training programs (both onsite and online) to assist practitioners in implementing her ideas.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412941415
• ISBN 13: 9781412941419
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Éditeur: Danielson Charlotte F.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible