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Teachers Bringing Out the Best in Teachers: A Guide to Peer Consultation for Administrators and Teachers - Softcover
Boost teacher-to-teacher collaboration and learning as a means of informal, but powerful professional development!
Most teachers have experienced some kind of formal mentoring or induction program. What these programs can miss is the meaningful daily interaction with peers that builds mutual trust and instructional collaboration. Based on a unique investigative study of nearly 300 teachers, this powerful new resource provides informative teacher perspectives of informal, naturally occurring, teacher-to-teacher professional development. The authors identify the following five teacher behaviors that can positively influence other teachers’ morale, teaching skills, and professional growth:
Building healthy relationships by communicating, caring, and developing trust
Using five guiding principles for structuring learning experiences
Planning and organizing for learning
Showing and sharing
Guiding for classroom management
This excellent resource helps school leaders promote a culture that encourages lasting professional development. In each chapter, educators share specific experiences and examples, showing each skill in action.
School leaders will learn what strong teacher peer "consultants" actually do that leads to improved teacher confidence and motivation, enhanced trust and mutual respect, and reflective instructional behavior among their colleagues. These cost-effective, authentic strategies will build camaraderie and leadership in your school, engaging colleagues as a team in the vital mission of all schools-educating our youth.
Most teachers have experienced some kind of formal mentoring or induction program. What these programs can miss is the meaningful daily interaction with peers that builds mutual trust and instructional collaboration. Based on a unique investigative study of nearly 300 teachers, this powerful new resource provides informative teacher perspectives of informal, naturally occurring, teacher-to-teacher professional development. The authors identify the following five teacher behaviors that can positively influence other teachers’ morale, teaching skills, and professional growth:
Building healthy relationships by communicating, caring, and developing trust
Using five guiding principles for structuring learning experiences
Planning and organizing for learning
Showing and sharing
Guiding for classroom management
This excellent resource helps school leaders promote a culture that encourages lasting professional development. In each chapter, educators share specific experiences and examples, showing each skill in action.
School leaders will learn what strong teacher peer "consultants" actually do that leads to improved teacher confidence and motivation, enhanced trust and mutual respect, and reflective instructional behavior among their colleagues. These cost-effective, authentic strategies will build camaraderie and leadership in your school, engaging colleagues as a team in the vital mission of all schools-educating our youth.
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About the Author:
Jo Blase is a professor of educational administration at the University of Georgia, and a former public school teacher, high school and middle school principal, and director of staff development. She currently resides in Athens, Georgia.
Joseph Blase is a professor of educational administration at the University of Georgia. He received his PhD from Syracuse University and has researched school form, the micropolitics of education, and the work lives of teachers. He currently resides in Athens, Georgia.
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Joseph Blase is a professor of educational administration at the University of Georgia. He received his PhD from Syracuse University and has researched school form, the micropolitics of education, and the work lives of teachers. He currently resides in Athens, Georgia.
"A great contribution to the field. Excellent examples of communication styles. The scenarios and short vignettes that demonstrate concepts are interesting and on point."--Gwen Gross, Superintendent of Schools (07/11/2006)
"This book definitely represents a new niche in instructional improvement, offering the integration of prior research, key literature, and strategies for implementation and action."--Edith Rusch, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership (07/11/2006)
"School leaders can use this book as a tool to promote a culture that encourages professional growth and development."--PsycCRITIQUES, August 2007, Vol. 52(33) (10/12/2007)
"School leaders can use this book as a tool to promote a culture that encourages professional growth and development."--PsycCRITIQUES, August 2007, Vol. 52(33) (10/12/2007)
-A great contribution to the field. Excellent examples of communication styles. The scenarios and short vignettes that demonstrate concepts are interesting and on point.---Gwen Gross, Superintendent of Schools (07/11/2006)
-This book definitely represents a new niche in instructional improvement, offering the integration of prior research, key literature, and strategies for implementation and action.---Edith Rusch, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership (07/11/2006)
-School leaders can use this book as a tool to promote a culture that encourages professional growth and development.---PsycCRITIQUES, August 2007, Vol. 52(33) (10/12/2007)
"This book definitely represents a new niche in instructional improvement, offering the integration of prior research, key literature, and strategies for implementation and action."--Edith Rusch, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership (07/11/2006)
"School leaders can use this book as a tool to promote a culture that encourages professional growth and development."--PsycCRITIQUES, August 2007, Vol. 52(33) (10/12/2007)
"School leaders can use this book as a tool to promote a culture that encourages professional growth and development."--PsycCRITIQUES, August 2007, Vol. 52(33) (10/12/2007)
-A great contribution to the field. Excellent examples of communication styles. The scenarios and short vignettes that demonstrate concepts are interesting and on point.---Gwen Gross, Superintendent of Schools (07/11/2006)
-This book definitely represents a new niche in instructional improvement, offering the integration of prior research, key literature, and strategies for implementation and action.---Edith Rusch, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership (07/11/2006)
-School leaders can use this book as a tool to promote a culture that encourages professional growth and development.---PsycCRITIQUES, August 2007, Vol. 52(33) (10/12/2007)
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- PublisherSkyhorse
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1629146692
- ISBN 13 9781629146690
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages168
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