Learning from the Experts (eBook)

Teacher Leaders on Solving America's Education Challenges

Celine Coggins, Heather G. Peske, Kate McGovern (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
168 Seiten
Harvard Education Press (Verlag)
978-1-61250-626-5 (ISBN)

Infos

More than 50 percent of all teachers are “early career educators.” This book explores different techniques school leaders can use to bridge the gap between old and new practices in the classroom to ensure strong student outcomes.

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Learning from the Experts offers an intimate look at the ways education policies collide with everyday classroom practices and illustrates how thoughtful, solutions-oriented and results-driven teachers are reframing debates in education today.Early career teachers now make up a ';new majority' (52 percent) of the workforce. Their ideas about the profession are often radically different from the previous generation's but are not often heard in education reform. Learning from the Experts draws on the work of the nonprofit organization Teach Plus to address this divide.In this lively collection, emerging teacher leaders in dialogue with seasoned leaders weigh in on the most difficult challenges in education today. Topics include the appropriate use of data, teacher effectiveness, retaining talented teachers in high-needs schools, reforming teacher unions, supporting teacher leadership, and strengthening the teaching profession itself.

Autor

Celine Coggins is the founder and CEO of Teach Plus. Heather G. Peske is the associate commissioner for educator quality at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Kate McGovern is the communications manager at Teach Plus.

Inhalt

CONTENTS Acknowledgments ixIntroductionWho Are the Real Experts?--Why We Should Ask Teachers How to Fix Our Schools 1 Celine Coggins1 Creating and Using Data in SchoolsFraming the Issue 5 Ross WienerThe Qualified Student: A "Bad Teacher" Rethinks Data Use 7 Sujata BhattUnacknowledged Truths: Testing Speaks--Are We Listening? 10 Michelle MorrisseyThe Right Conversations to Be Having: Why Student Growth Data Matters 13 Kyle HunsbergerResponse 16 Ross Wiener2 Ensuring Equitable Access to Great TeachersFraming the Issue 21 Kati Haycock and Sarah AlmyMoving the Whole School District Forward: Talented Teachers for Turnaround Schools 24 Erin Dukeshire and Lisa Goncalves LavinResponse 36 Kati Haycock and Sarah Almy3 Measuring Teacher EffectivenessFraming the Issue 39 Jason KamrasSatisfactory? Me?--Giving New Teachers the Support They Deserve 41 Stephanie WidmerHigh IMPACT: It's the Feedback That Adds Value 43 Dwight DavisUrgency Breeds Anxiety: The Challenge of Building Teacher Trust 46 Peter TangResponse 53 Jason Kamras4 Building a Performance-Driven ProfessionFraming the Issue 55 Celine Coggins and Lindsay SobelFrom the New Teacher to Teacher Activist: What I Learned from "Mr. Miller" 58 Tina C. AhlgrenLeaving Cherie: One Teacher's Experience of Last In, FIrst Out 62 Jeanette MarroneResponse 66 Celine Coggins and Lindsay Sobel5 Engaging Early Career Teachers in the UnionFraming the Issue 69 Paul TonerFrom the Classroom to the Big Picture: Why I Changed My Mind About Teacher Unions 72 Karen L. McCarthyCaught in the Middle Versus Finding the Middle Ground: What's Best for the Children of Chicago? 79 Gina CanevaResponse 83 Paul Toner6 Building School Leadership That Facilitates Great TeachingFraming the Issue 87 Benjamin Fenton and Terrence KneiselI Wasn't Ready to Stop Improving: Why Irreplaceable Teachers Need Irreplaceable Leaders 89 Allison FriezePutting My Beliefs into Practice: Principal Leadership Makes the Difference 92 Audrey Herzig JacksonHonoring My Mother: The Evolution of an Unlikely Educator 94 Jeremy RobinsonResponse 99 Benjamin Fenton and Terrence Kneisel7 Raising the Status of the ProfessionFraming the Issue 105 Edward LiuReforming Teacher Entry and Training: Shouldn't We Hold Teachers (Like Me) to a Higher Standard? 108 Meaghan PetersackNot My Parents' Profession: Today's Teachers Need Career Ladders 111 Erin DukeshireToo Smart to Be a Teacher?--Let's Prove My Grandmother Wrong 114 Jaime Siebrase HudginsResponse 120 Edward LiuConclusionWhere Do We Go from Here?--Turning Teacher Voice into Action 125Notes 129About the Editors 135About the Contributors 137Index 151

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: benchmark assessments • career ladders • Charter Schools • Common Core State Standards • Educational change • Educational leadership • recruitment practices • standardized tests
• ISBN-10: 1-61250-626-7 / 1612506267
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61250-626-5 / 9781612506265