The Reflective Educator's Guide to Professional Development: Coaching Inquiry-Oriented Learning Communities - Couverture rigide

Fichtman Dana, Nancy; Yendol-Hoppey, Diane

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1412955793 ISBN 13 : 9781412955799

Editeur : Corwin Press Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Powerful tools for facilitating teachers' professional development and optimizing school improvement efforts!

Combining professional learning communities (PLCs) and action research, this step-by-step guide provides coaches, workshop leaders, and staff developers with strategies, activities, and tools to develop inquiry-oriented PLCs. The authors present essential elements of a healthy PLC, case studies of inquiry-based PLCs, and lessons learned for improving coaching practices. Sample projects and reflection prompts will help readers:

• Organize, assess, and maintain high-functioning, inquiry-oriented PLCs
• Facilitate the development of study questions
• Enable PLC members to develop, analyze, and share research results
• Lead successful renewal and reform efforts

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Diane Yendol-Hoppey is professor of teacher education in the College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida. She has served as dean, associate dean of educator preparation and partnerships, department chair, and center director. She taught for many years at the University of Florida where she was the evaluator of numerous district, state, and national professional development efforts. Before beginning her work in higher education, Yendol-Hoppey spent 13 years as an elementary school teacher in Pennsylvania and Maryland. She holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from The Pennsylvania State University. Yendol-Hoppey's current work explores national and international research focusing on teacher education clinical practice, job-embedded professional learning, and teacher leadership. Yendol-Hoppey has received the AERA Division K Early Career Research Award and the ATE Distinguished Teacher Educator Award for her ongoing commitment to researching innovative approaches to teacher learning. She has published six books, more than 60 articles in professional journals, and secured 20 million in external funding to support teacher learning.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412955793
• ISBN 13: 9781412955799
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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