Some of Kelly's professional passions are leading initiatives around: Inclusion,
Collaborative Teaching Structures, Shared Leadership, Self - Directed Professional Growth, and Using a Body of Evidence for Instructional Decisions.
Not exact matches
Welcome back to the last day of 5 Days
Teaching Text
Structure to Readers, a
collaborative project with iHomeschool Network.
This
collaborative planning allowed the group to consider how to
structure the work of the PLC, taking into account the strengths and challenges around mathematics
teaching and learning in the building.
Schools that follow the Turning Points model engage in improving learning,
teaching, and assessment, building a professional
collaborative culture, engaging in data - based inquiry and decision making, and creating
structures that support high achievement and personal development.
Processes like teacher inquiry, lesson study, critical friends, or the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards's Take One professional learning model can be of great help in providing
structure and protocols for the
collaborative work.
Collaborative inquiry is most powerful when teachers inquire over time into their students» progress toward learning standards, when a theoretical framework guides the inquiry process, when teachers teach collaborative norms, and when leadership and structures support
Collaborative inquiry is most powerful when teachers inquire over time into their students» progress toward learning standards, when a theoretical framework guides the inquiry process, when teachers
teach collaborative norms, and when leadership and structures support
collaborative norms, and when leadership and
structures support the inquiry.
The theory of teacher development articulated above demands a shift in the
structure of professional learning in schools toward professional learning for teachers that is: 1) aligned to the behaviors, skills, and knowledge that define effective
teaching, 2) individualized to the learner (s), taking different forms depending on the experience, skills, and needs of the specific teacher (s), and 3) embedded in the context of
teaching: ongoing and
collaborative.
Mentoring and coaching a new generation of teachers can provide a new challenge for teachers seeking to grow and develop as professionals, and
teaching adults can also help mentor teachers reflect on and improve their own practices.19 What's more, the
structures that are often part of these programs — mentoring, instructional coaching, professional learning communities, peer - to - peer professional development, and co-
teaching — all serve to make schools more
collaborative and reflective places to work, 20 which improves school culture and achievement.21
Through their partnership with Mills Teacher Scholars, Oakland Unified's Life Academy teachers gained tools, support, and
structure to engage in
collaborative inquiry to improve their
teaching for long - term English Learners.
I use the book in
teaching my
Collaborative Law class because it demonstrates a
structured and constructive way of working through conflict.