Developing Learning Communities Through Teacher Expertise - Softcover

Martin-Kniep, Giselle O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761946179 ISBN 13: 9780761946175

Publisher: Corwin, 2003

Synopsis

Learn practical methods for developing a collaborative environment where teachers and administrators work together to enhance teachers? practices, increase student learning, and produce valuable school processes.

About this title

About the Author

Giselle Martin-Kniep is a teacher educator, researcher, program evaluator, and writer. She is the President of Learner-Centered Initiatives, Ltd., an educational consulting organization specializing in comprehensive regional and school-based curriculum and assessment work. She is also the CEO of the Center for the Study of Expertise in Teaching and Learning, an organization committed to the discovery and dissemination of teacher expertise.

Dr. Martin-Kniep has a strong background in organizational change and has graduate degrees in communication and development, social sciences in education, and educational evaluation from Stanford University. She has taught at Adelphi University, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Victoria. In the last fourteen years, she has worked with hundreds of schools and districts nationally and internationally in the areas of alternative assessment, standards-based design, school change, and action research.

Dr. Martin-Kniep has written extensively. Her most recent books are Why Am I Doing This: Purposeful Teaching with Portfolio Assessment, published by Heinemann; Capturing the Wisdom of Practice: Portfolios for Teachers and Administrators; and Becoming a Better Teacher: Eight Innovations that Work both published by ASCD.

Review

"There are many books on the market covering school improvement and teachers as experts as well as staff development; however, this book is concise, provides excellent templates, and is backed by real experiences and expertise."

Author: Suzanne C. Fonoti, Principal

"No book I have read in the past ten years has made clearer to me the difference between what I am doing as a professional developer and what I should be doing. It is so unremittingly honest about the difficulty of our work, and yet so rich in practical examples that I cannot help but feel inspired to move forward and change the way I teach and learn with teachers."

Author: Richard W. Strong, Vice President

"This book will benefit all teachers who are interested in professional growth and development, even if their schools might not yet be considered ′larning organizations.′ One committed teacher could spark interest in developing a learning community that would enrich the entire school, and this book provides a basic introduction to that process." Author: NSTA Recommends, November 2004

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0761946179
• ISBN 13: 9780761946175
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128