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Where Teachers Thrive - Organizing Schools for Success (Paperback)
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Where Teachers Thrive - Organizing Schools for Success (Paperback)
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In Where Teachers Thrive, Susan Moore Johnson outlines a powerful
argument about the importance of the school as an organization in
nurturing high-quality teaching. Based on case studies conducted in
fourteen high-poverty, urban schools, the book examines why some
schools failed to make progress, while others achieved remarkable
results. It explores the challenges that administrators and
teachers faced and describes what worked, what didn't work, and
why. Johnson draws on vivid portraits of schools to highlight an
array of school-based systems and practices that support teachers'
professional growth and effectiveness. These include a rich and
interactive hiring process; team-based curriculum planning and
assessment; and informative feedback and ongoing professional
learning. Critical to all of these is the role of the principal as
an essential agent in a school's success. Although these elements
may vary from school to school, Johnson argues that together these
systems provide a comprehensive, mutually reinforcing set of
well-orchestrated strategies that can help schools deliver results
that exceed the sum of teachers' individual efforts. Since 2000,
policy makers and education officials have diligently sought to
improve schools by improving the quality of individual teachers.
However, even if those teachers are skilled and committed, the
schools where they work are all too often disjointed, dysfunctional
organizations that serve no one well. Where Teachers Thrive
explains clearly how educators within a school can join together to
adopt systems of practice that ensure growth and success by all
teachers and their students.
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