Learnership

Invest in Teachers, Focus on Learning, and Put Test Scores in Perspective
Learnership
May 2012 | 176 pages | Corwin
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Put the focus of education back where it belongs—on learning!

Do you feel bogged down by endless administrative tasks? Do you wish you could focus more on what truly matters—learning? Learnership provides both insight and solutions for moving past the distractions and becoming a learning leader. Cathy Toll illustrates this transformational process through activities and focused "learning conversations."

Toll uses supported actions, theory and research, real-life stories, and narrative bibliography to explain how the practice of learnership can be implemented on a daily basis. This book offers:

  • Practices to help teachers improve their effectiveness using problem-solving techniques
  • More effective ways to approach data, testing, and accountability
  • Strategies for supporting Professional Learning Teams (PLT) and educational coaches

Learnership is an invaluable resource for principals and teachers in school-based leadership roles, or anyone who wishes to focus on school improvement and their own personal growth as a leader in education.

Contents

List of Figures

List of Figures

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

  • 1. Introduction to Learnership
  • Felicia Robertson, Washington Intermediate School
  • Gordon Fielding, Centerville High School
  • The Difference
  • 2. Look for Learning
  • Teacher Learning as a Path to Student Learning
  • How to Look for Learning
  • Principals as Learning Leaders
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Understand Learning
  • Systems Learn
  • Shifts in Identity
  • Shifting Perspectives
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Inquire into Learning
  • Information
  • Sources of Information
  • Contradictory Claims
  • Differing Viewpoints
  • Data
  • Problems
  • Data Redux
  • A Role for Principals
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Put Test Scores in Perspective
  • Mile Markers on the Journey
  • What Information?
  • Information of Greater Value
  • So What?
  • Principal Attention to Student Learning
  • Teacher Learning
  • Teacher Supervision
  • These Curious Times
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Influence Learning
  • Disequilibrium
  • Tune In to Disequilibrium
  • More on the Question
  • Prompt Disequilibrium
  • Processes that Enhance Learning
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Support Learning
  • Educational Coaching
  • Professional Learning Teams
  • Principal Leadership
  • Conclusion

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusion

Conclusion

Narrative Bibliography

Narrative Bibliography

References

References

Index

Index

Description

Put the focus of education back where it belongs—on learning!

Do you feel bogged down by endless administrative tasks? Do you wish you could focus more on what truly matters—learning? Learnership provides both insight and solutions for moving past the distractions and becoming a learning leader. Cathy Toll illustrates this transformational process through activities and focused "learning conversations."

Toll uses supported actions, theory and research, real-life stories, and narrative bibliography to explain how the practice of learnership can be implemented on a daily basis. This book offers:

  • Practices to help teachers improve their effectiveness using problem-solving techniques
  • More effective ways to approach data, testing, and accountability
  • Strategies for supporting Professional Learning Teams (PLT) and educational coaches

Learnership is an invaluable resource for principals and teachers in school-based leadership roles, or anyone who wishes to focus on school improvement and their own personal growth as a leader in education.

Contents

List of Figures

List of Figures

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

  • 1. Introduction to Learnership
  • Felicia Robertson, Washington Intermediate School
  • Gordon Fielding, Centerville High School
  • The Difference
  • 2. Look for Learning
  • Teacher Learning as a Path to Student Learning
  • How to Look for Learning
  • Principals as Learning Leaders
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Understand Learning
  • Systems Learn
  • Shifts in Identity
  • Shifting Perspectives
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Inquire into Learning
  • Information
  • Sources of Information
  • Contradictory Claims
  • Differing Viewpoints
  • Data
  • Problems
  • Data Redux
  • A Role for Principals
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Put Test Scores in Perspective
  • Mile Markers on the Journey
  • What Information?
  • Information of Greater Value
  • So What?
  • Principal Attention to Student Learning
  • Teacher Learning
  • Teacher Supervision
  • These Curious Times
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Influence Learning
  • Disequilibrium
  • Tune In to Disequilibrium
  • More on the Question
  • Prompt Disequilibrium
  • Processes that Enhance Learning
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Support Learning
  • Educational Coaching
  • Professional Learning Teams
  • Principal Leadership
  • Conclusion

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusion

Conclusion

Narrative Bibliography

Narrative Bibliography

References

References

Index

Index

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Learnership

Invest in Teachers, Focus on Learning, and Put Test Scores in Perspective


May 2012 | 176 pages | Corwin

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Put the focus of education back where it belongs—on learning!

Do you feel bogged down by endless administrative tasks? Do you wish you could focus more on what truly matters—learning? Learnership provides both insight and solutions for moving past the distractions and becoming a learning leader. Cathy Toll illustrates this transformational process through activities and focused "learning conversations."

Toll uses supported actions, theory and research, real-life stories, and narrative bibliography to explain how the practice of learnership can be implemented on a daily basis. This book offers:

  • Practices to help teachers improve their effectiveness using problem-solving techniques
  • More effective ways to approach data, testing, and accountability
  • Strategies for supporting Professional Learning Teams (PLT) and educational coaches

Learnership is an invaluable resource for principals and teachers in school-based leadership roles, or anyone who wishes to focus on school improvement and their own personal growth as a leader in education.


Table Of Contents:

  • List of Figures
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • 1. Introduction to Learnership
  • Felicia Robertson, Washington Intermediate School
  • Gordon Fielding, Centerville High School
  • The Difference
  • 2. Look for Learning
  • Teacher Learning as a Path to Student Learning
  • How to Look for Learning
  • Principals as Learning Leaders
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Understand Learning
  • Systems Learn
  • Shifts in Identity
  • Shifting Perspectives
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Inquire into Learning
  • Information
  • Sources of Information
  • Contradictory Claims
  • Differing Viewpoints
  • Data
  • Problems
  • Data Redux
  • A Role for Principals
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Put Test Scores in Perspective
  • Mile Markers on the Journey
  • What Information?
  • Information of Greater Value
  • So What?
  • Principal Attention to Student Learning
  • Teacher Learning
  • Teacher Supervision
  • These Curious Times
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Influence Learning
  • Disequilibrium
  • Tune In to Disequilibrium
  • More on the Question
  • Prompt Disequilibrium
  • Processes that Enhance Learning
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Support Learning
  • Educational Coaching
  • Professional Learning Teams
  • Principal Leadership
  • Conclusion
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Conclusion
  • Narrative Bibliography
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

“Administrators will find this book to be a useful tool in working with their staffs to encourage 'Learnership' throughout their buildings.”
Nancy M. Betler, Talent Development Facilitator and National Academic League Commissioner, Eastover Elementary, Charlotte, NC
“In Learnership, Cathy Toll reminds us that we didn’t get into the teaching profession to make 'data-driven decisions' and shows how starting with an issue and 'thinking data' can enhance learning. This book came at the perfect time in my career. It’s a book I’ll keep around to reference & refuel.”
Andrew Goodin, Chemistry Teacher, Soldan International, St. Louis, MO
“Cathy Toll makes a contribution in the professional field and calls educators to focus on student learning instead of data and instruction as the tools for student learning.”
Patricia J. Burke, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Freeport School District, IL

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