The Power of Teacher Rounds: A Guide for Facilitators, Principals, & Department Chairs
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1483349950 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Readers will learn how to:Create positive, empowering teams that lift both instruction and student performanceLink teacher rounds with Common Core implementationDevelop rounds facilitation skills through vignettes, video clips, and group learning exercisesLead productive year-end program reviewsUnderstand how principals and department chairs can best support the rounds program . The definitive, step-by-step guide for conducting teacher rounds!With teacher rounds, educators benefit from the observant peer learning that’s common in other demanding fields. From practical strategies to ready-to-use templates, this invaluable book offers a complete toolkit for leading a thriving teacher rounds program
Troen and Boles stress in many places in this book the importance of rounds as a cultural-building practice. For me, this is the central contribution they make. "What Vivian Troen and Kitty Boles have done in this book is…the use of rounds as a dedicated learning environment for teachers. Elmore, Professor of Educational Leadership) . Rounds is not simply a practice; it is a practice in the service of building a professional culture." (Richard F. This book provides the scaffolding and support that teachers can use, on their own, or in an organized fashion as part of more systemic strategy, to create the infrastructure necessary to bring collective learning deliberately and explicitly into the daily life of teachers
As classroom teachers, they founded one of the nation’s first professional development schools to link colleges and public schools in partnerships for the preservice education of teachers as well as the ongoing professional development of veteran teachers. BOLES Considered authorities on the subjects of teacher education, teacher leadership, and professional development schools, T