Best Practices for Teacher Leadership
What Award-Winning Teachers Do for Their Professional Learning Communities
Randi B. Sofman
- Educational Consultant, Keene, NH
Prudence H. Cuper
- Keene State College, USA
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Praise for Randi Stone's Best Practice collections:
"Will live up to its title and become a favored reference for any teacher, whether in a primary or public, rural or urban, or preschool through high school setting."
-Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2004
"A priceless tool not only for teachers but also for mentors and administrators."
-Danny McPherson, Principal
West Columbus High School, Cerra Gordo, NC
"Just what the teacher ordered."
-CHOICE, November 2002
"Offers practical, down-to-earth advice."
-Letitia Abram, Media Specialist
Canal Winchester High School, OH
Join award-winning teacher leaders as they discuss their best ideas for today's professional learning communities!
Best Practices for Teacher Leadership chronicles the many and varied ways in which award-winning teachers create professional learning communities through collaborations with colleagues, mentees, faculty groups, learners, families, and neighborhoods.
Join them as they share their best ideas for achieving excellence in education through staff development, hands-on learning, new technologies, mentoring, parent involvement, and more.
"Will live up to its title and become a favored reference for any teacher, whether in a primary or public, rural or urban, or preschool through high school setting."
-Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2004
"A priceless tool not only for teachers but also for mentors and administrators."
-Danny McPherson, Principal
West Columbus High School, Cerra Gordo, NC
"Just what the teacher ordered."
-CHOICE, November 2002
"Offers practical, down-to-earth advice."
-Letitia Abram, Media Specialist
Canal Winchester High School, OH
Join award-winning teacher leaders as they discuss their best ideas for today's professional learning communities!
Best Practices for Teacher Leadership chronicles the many and varied ways in which award-winning teachers create professional learning communities through collaborations with colleagues, mentees, faculty groups, learners, families, and neighborhoods.
Join them as they share their best ideas for achieving excellence in education through staff development, hands-on learning, new technologies, mentoring, parent involvement, and more.
Contents
Preface
Preface
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Contributors
- 1. Leading Through Collaboration With Colleagues
- Excellence in Education
- Operation (Help Me!) Collaboration: Or How I Survived My First Years of Teaching
- Professional Collaboration Within An Inclusive Classroom Setting: How to Make It Work
- Using Staff Development to Implement a Schoolwide Reading Goal
- Statewide Teacher Training Networks
- Structured Freedom: Successful Schools Through Collaborative Learning Communities
- Lifelong Teaching and Learning
- Scopes Trial and Error: A Lesson in Integrated Teaching
- Staff Development Initiatives Within Faculty Groups
- 2. Involving Community and Families
- Pioneer Days at Bowers Elementary School
- Using School/Community Partnerships to Teach History, Heroism, and Heritage
- Finding Your Lost Dutchman Mine
- The Three “Cs” in Education: A Classroom, a Community, and Collaboration
- Parent Involvement
- Let’s Take It Outside: Creating a Community Learning Environment
- Effective Parent Involvement in the Classroom
- Billy: Every Family Is a Special Family
- 3. Encouraging Hands-On Learning in Science and Technology
- Students and Research: Using Students to Create a Science Research Program
- CELLLSS (Creating Experiences in Life, Learning, and Laboratory Science Skills) for Girls: Turning Middle and High School Girls On to Science
- Voyaging Through Curriculum
- Teaming Up for Success
- Growing Community Ties Through Gardening
- Online Collaboration Benefits Students and Teachers: Classrooms Across the World
- Education Technology: Issues, Trends, and Leadership
- Promoting Student Interest in Life Science and Technology by Making Students Active Learners
- 4. Mentoring and Sharing Professional Development
- Give Me an “H”: Homework Strategies
- Team Teaching From Two Perspectives
- Enriching and Extending Teaching Through Professional Conferences
- Leading and Modeling Staff Development Initiatives Within Faculty Groups and Within the School
- Developing Interest in Reading Strategies Inside the Teaching Community
- Teaching Is Not a Solitary Profession
- Professional Development: A Life-Changing Event
- 5. Teaching With Passion
- Leading Through Excitement
- Peeking Through My Door
- The Music Underlying the Words: Classroom Climate
- Thank You, Mrs. Woodford
- They Believe
- Perception, Focus, and Attitude: Teachers Leading the Way
- Accepting the Challenge
- 6. Empowering Students as Leaders
- Each One, Teach One
- To Russia With Love
- Using Children’s Books in the High School Setting
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Praise for Randi Stone's Best Practice collections:
"Will live up to its title and become a favored reference for any teacher, whether in a primary or public, rural or urban, or preschool through high school setting."
-Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2004
"A priceless tool not only for teachers but also for mentors and administrators."
-Danny McPherson, Principal
West Columbus High School, Cerra Gordo, NC
"Just what the teacher ordered."
-CHOICE, November 2002
"Offers practical, down-to-earth advice."
-Letitia Abram, Media Specialist
Canal Winchester High School, OH
Join award-winning teacher leaders as they discuss their best ideas for today's professional learning communities!
Best Practices for Teacher Leadership chronicles the many and varied ways in which award-winning teachers create professional learning communities through collaborations with colleagues, mentees, faculty groups, learners, families, and neighborhoods.
Join them as they share their best ideas for achieving excellence in education through staff development, hands-on learning, new technologies, mentoring, parent involvement, and more.
"Will live up to its title and become a favored reference for any teacher, whether in a primary or public, rural or urban, or preschool through high school setting."
-Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2004
"A priceless tool not only for teachers but also for mentors and administrators."
-Danny McPherson, Principal
West Columbus High School, Cerra Gordo, NC
"Just what the teacher ordered."
-CHOICE, November 2002
"Offers practical, down-to-earth advice."
-Letitia Abram, Media Specialist
Canal Winchester High School, OH
Join award-winning teacher leaders as they discuss their best ideas for today's professional learning communities!
Best Practices for Teacher Leadership chronicles the many and varied ways in which award-winning teachers create professional learning communities through collaborations with colleagues, mentees, faculty groups, learners, families, and neighborhoods.
Join them as they share their best ideas for achieving excellence in education through staff development, hands-on learning, new technologies, mentoring, parent involvement, and more.
Contents
Preface
Preface
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Contributors
- 1. Leading Through Collaboration With Colleagues
- Excellence in Education
- Operation (Help Me!) Collaboration: Or How I Survived My First Years of Teaching
- Professional Collaboration Within An Inclusive Classroom Setting: How to Make It Work
- Using Staff Development to Implement a Schoolwide Reading Goal
- Statewide Teacher Training Networks
- Structured Freedom: Successful Schools Through Collaborative Learning Communities
- Lifelong Teaching and Learning
- Scopes Trial and Error: A Lesson in Integrated Teaching
- Staff Development Initiatives Within Faculty Groups
- 2. Involving Community and Families
- Pioneer Days at Bowers Elementary School
- Using School/Community Partnerships to Teach History, Heroism, and Heritage
- Finding Your Lost Dutchman Mine
- The Three “Cs” in Education: A Classroom, a Community, and Collaboration
- Parent Involvement
- Let’s Take It Outside: Creating a Community Learning Environment
- Effective Parent Involvement in the Classroom
- Billy: Every Family Is a Special Family
- 3. Encouraging Hands-On Learning in Science and Technology
- Students and Research: Using Students to Create a Science Research Program
- CELLLSS (Creating Experiences in Life, Learning, and Laboratory Science Skills) for Girls: Turning Middle and High School Girls On to Science
- Voyaging Through Curriculum
- Teaming Up for Success
- Growing Community Ties Through Gardening
- Online Collaboration Benefits Students and Teachers: Classrooms Across the World
- Education Technology: Issues, Trends, and Leadership
- Promoting Student Interest in Life Science and Technology by Making Students Active Learners
- 4. Mentoring and Sharing Professional Development
- Give Me an “H”: Homework Strategies
- Team Teaching From Two Perspectives
- Enriching and Extending Teaching Through Professional Conferences
- Leading and Modeling Staff Development Initiatives Within Faculty Groups and Within the School
- Developing Interest in Reading Strategies Inside the Teaching Community
- Teaching Is Not a Solitary Profession
- Professional Development: A Life-Changing Event
- 5. Teaching With Passion
- Leading Through Excitement
- Peeking Through My Door
- The Music Underlying the Words: Classroom Climate
- Thank You, Mrs. Woodford
- They Believe
- Perception, Focus, and Attitude: Teachers Leading the Way
- Accepting the Challenge
- 6. Empowering Students as Leaders
- Each One, Teach One
- To Russia With Love
- Using Children’s Books in the High School Setting
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
Best Practices for Teacher Leadership
What Award-Winning Teachers Do for Their Professional Learning Communities
January 2006 | 192 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412915793 | $79.95 |
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412915809 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781483361581 | $35.00 |
Praise for Randi Stone's Best Practice collections:
"Will live up to its title and become a favored reference for any teacher, whether in a primary or public, rural or urban, or preschool through high school setting."
-Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2004
"A priceless tool not only for teachers but also for mentors and administrators."
-Danny McPherson, Principal
West Columbus High School, Cerra Gordo, NC
"Just what the teacher ordered."
-CHOICE, November 2002
"Offers practical, down-to-earth advice."
-Letitia Abram, Media Specialist
Canal Winchester High School, OH
Join award-winning teacher leaders as they discuss their best ideas for today's professional learning communities!
Best Practices for Teacher Leadership chronicles the many and varied ways in which award-winning teachers create professional learning communities through collaborations with colleagues, mentees, faculty groups, learners, families, and neighborhoods.
Join them as they share their best ideas for achieving excellence in education through staff development, hands-on learning, new technologies, mentoring, parent involvement, and more.
"Will live up to its title and become a favored reference for any teacher, whether in a primary or public, rural or urban, or preschool through high school setting."
-Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2004
"A priceless tool not only for teachers but also for mentors and administrators."
-Danny McPherson, Principal
West Columbus High School, Cerra Gordo, NC
"Just what the teacher ordered."
-CHOICE, November 2002
"Offers practical, down-to-earth advice."
-Letitia Abram, Media Specialist
Canal Winchester High School, OH
Join award-winning teacher leaders as they discuss their best ideas for today's professional learning communities!
Best Practices for Teacher Leadership chronicles the many and varied ways in which award-winning teachers create professional learning communities through collaborations with colleagues, mentees, faculty groups, learners, families, and neighborhoods.
Join them as they share their best ideas for achieving excellence in education through staff development, hands-on learning, new technologies, mentoring, parent involvement, and more.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- About the Authors
- About the Contributors
- 1. Leading Through Collaboration With Colleagues
- Excellence in Education
- Operation (Help Me!) Collaboration: Or How I Survived My First Years of Teaching
- Professional Collaboration Within An Inclusive Classroom Setting: How to Make It Work
- Using Staff Development to Implement a Schoolwide Reading Goal
- Statewide Teacher Training Networks
- Structured Freedom: Successful Schools Through Collaborative Learning Communities
- Lifelong Teaching and Learning
- Scopes Trial and Error: A Lesson in Integrated Teaching
- Staff Development Initiatives Within Faculty Groups
- 2. Involving Community and Families
- Pioneer Days at Bowers Elementary School
- Using School/Community Partnerships to Teach History, Heroism, and Heritage
- Finding Your Lost Dutchman Mine
- The Three “Cs” in Education: A Classroom, a Community, and Collaboration
- Parent Involvement
- Let’s Take It Outside: Creating a Community Learning Environment
- Effective Parent Involvement in the Classroom
- Billy: Every Family Is a Special Family
- 3. Encouraging Hands-On Learning in Science and Technology
- Students and Research: Using Students to Create a Science Research Program
- CELLLSS (Creating Experiences in Life, Learning, and Laboratory Science Skills) for Girls: Turning Middle and High School Girls On to Science
- Voyaging Through Curriculum
- Teaming Up for Success
- Growing Community Ties Through Gardening
- Online Collaboration Benefits Students and Teachers: Classrooms Across the World
- Education Technology: Issues, Trends, and Leadership
- Promoting Student Interest in Life Science and Technology by Making Students Active Learners
- 4. Mentoring and Sharing Professional Development
- Give Me an “H”: Homework Strategies
- Team Teaching From Two Perspectives
- Enriching and Extending Teaching Through Professional Conferences
- Leading and Modeling Staff Development Initiatives Within Faculty Groups and Within the School
- Developing Interest in Reading Strategies Inside the Teaching Community
- Teaching Is Not a Solitary Profession
- Professional Development: A Life-Changing Event
- 5. Teaching With Passion
- Leading Through Excitement
- Peeking Through My Door
- The Music Underlying the Words: Classroom Climate
- Thank You, Mrs. Woodford
- They Believe
- Perception, Focus, and Attitude: Teachers Leading the Way
- Accepting the Challenge
- 6. Empowering Students as Leaders
- Each One, Teach One
- To Russia With Love
- Using Children’s Books in the High School Setting
- Index
Recent Product Reviews:
"Three cheers for this wonderful book of stories from award winning teachers who are making a difference everyday in their classrooms around the country! These remarkable teacher leaders have much to share. Involving parents, building and implementing incredible learning projects, collaborating with colleagues, nurturing the gifts that each students brings, and above all, seeing the world through the eyes of a child, will have you wishing the stories that illustrate their 'how-to' great adventures would never end. This important book recognizes and celebrates regular classroom teachers who are performing everyday miracles. We need to spread the word about our successes! What gifted teachers! What a great read!
Candy Beal, Associate Professor, Middle Grades Education, College of Education, NC State University
"Knowledgeable advice in an engaging format. Personal essays shed light on topics important to all educators desiring to positively impact their professional communities."
Curriculum Connections, Fall 2006, School Library Journal