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Teachers Bringing Out the Best in Teachers
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Teachers Bringing Out the Best in Teachers
A Guide to Peer Consultation for Administrators and Teachers

Foreword by Edith Rusch



July 2006 | 168 pages | Corwin
Learn what effective headteachers do to influence, motivate, and empower teachers entirely from the teachers' perspective.

Based on an in-depth study in which teachers detail the strategies extraordinary principals used to help them become more effective in the classroom. This second edition incorporates the most up-to-date literature, keeping the core study timely and provocative. Easy-to-follow guidelines are included in each chapter.

Strategies and related practices illustrate how to:

o Use the power of praise

o Influence by expecting and involving

o Encourage professional autonomy

o Lead by standing behind

o Suggest rather than direct

o Use formal authority positively

This book is a must-have resource for any practising or aspiring headteacher.

 
Foreword by Edith Rusch
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
 
Preface
 
1. Teachers Helping Teachers: The Case for Peer Consultation
Introduction

 
How Teachers Learn to Teach

 
The First Source of Teacher Help: Principals as Instructional Supervisors

 
The Second Source of Teacher Help: Lead Teachers and the Move Away From Top-Down Administrative Control

 
The Third Source of Teacher Help: Naturally-Occurring Informal Peer Consultation

 
Our Study of Peer Consultation Among Teachers

 
A Portrait of Peer Consultation

 
Questions to Consider

 
Suggested Reading for Further Learning

 
 
2. Peer Consultation Skill #1: Building Healthy Relationships by Communicating, Caring, and Developing Trust
Communication as the Key

 
Four Types of Peer Consultation

 
Peer Consultants’ Communication Style

 
Peer Consultants’ Caring

 
Peer Consultants’ Building Trust

 
Summary

 
Activities for Teachers and Administrators

 
Suggested Reading for Further Learning

 
 
3. Peer Consultation Skill #2: Using the Five Guiding Principles for Structuring Learning
Experiences

 
Teachers’ Knowledge Base

 
The Educational Productivity Research and the School Effects Research

 
From Knowledge to the Development of a Professional Learning Community

 
Peer Consultants’ Guiding Principles for Structuring Learning Experiences

 
Summary

 
Implications for Practice

 
Suggested Reading for Further Learning

 
 
4. Peer Consultation Skill #3: Planning and Organizing for Learning
Teachers’ Professional Development

 
Meta-Themes of Planning

 
Getting Organized for Instruction

 
Elements of Lesson Planning

 
Teacher Tips

 
The Dark Side of Planning and Organizing for Learning

 
Summary

 
Reminders and Questions

 
Suggested Reading for Further Reading

 
 
5. Peer Consultation Skill #4: Showing and Sharing
Showing: Three Kinds of Lessons

 
The Power of Learning by Observing: A Special Form of Showing

 
Sharing: A Bounty from Colleagues

 
Summary

 
Implications for Practice and Questions

 
Suggested Reading for Further Learning

 
 
6. Peer Consultation Skill #5: Guiding for Classroom Management
Nine Guiding Principles of Classroom Management

 
Setting Up and Maintaining Classroom Routines

 
Summary

 
Questions for Discussion Among Faculty and Administrators

 
Suggested Reading for Further Learning

 
 
7. Unleashing the Hidden Potential of Peer Consultation
Introduction

 
Capitalizing on the Power of Peer Consultation

 
An Element of Academic Leadership Revealed

 
Teachers Teaching Teachers: Peer Consultants at Their Best

 
How Peer Consultation Supports the Development of a Professional Learning Community

 
Semi-Formal Collaboration Among Teachers and Its Effects

 
Conclusion: The Challenge for Teachers, Administrators, and Professional Learning

 
Coordinators to Unleash and Sustain Peer Consultation

 
 
Resource: Research Methods and Procedures
 
References
 
Index

"A great contribution to the field. Excellent examples of communication styles. The scenarios and short vignettes that demonstrate concepts are interesting and on point."

Gwen Gross, Superintendent of Schools
Manhattan Beach Unified School District, CA

"This book definitely represents a new niche in instructional improvement, offering the integration of prior research, key literature, and strategies for implementation and action."

Edith Rusch, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership
University of Nevada Las Vegas

"School leaders can use this book as a tool to promote a culture that encourages professional growth and development."

PsycCRITIQUES, August 2007, Vol. 52(33)

Sample Materials & Chapters

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1


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