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Foster reflective teacher leadership and make real change happen!
Teachers are powerful change agents in the on-going process of
school improvement. This insightful, must-read guide helps school
leaders shape the development of a sustainable professional
learning culture. Practical suggestions and in-depth research shed
light on your path as you explore the benefits and challenges of
adopting authentic teacher collaboration across schools and
districts. A follow-up to Jenni Donohoo's best-selling
Collaborative Inquiry for Educators: A Facilitator's Guide to
School Improvement, this book will quickly move you from theory to
practice. Learn valuable lessons from leaders' experiences in the
field and discover: A rationale and framework for engaging in
inquiry The vital conditions needed to ensure systemwide
collaboration Common pitfalls and the four stages of school
improvement Included are Cardwork Strategies with explicit actions
and phrases to improve professional practice. Use this insightful
guide to develop teacher leaders who lead and learn productively!
"The concept of collaborative inquiry is increasingly bandied about
these days with little precision. In one fell swoop, Donohoo and
Velasco change all that with this succinct, hard hitting, complete,
powerful, and, above all, accessible book on collaborative
inquiry." -Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus OISE/University of
Toronto "Donohoo and Velasco guide readers through an inquiry
process that can strengthen every professional learning community.
They provide the 'how' to teacher collaboration and shine light on
the path that will get us all there." -Douglas Fisher, Professor
San Diego State University
This book offers a concise, step-by-step guide to the collaborative
inquiry process. It supports facilitators in ensuring that the work
of their teams is purposeful, productive, and impactful. By
following the systematic approach outlined in the book,
facilitators will gain a better understanding of the stages of
collaborative inquiry and how to implement it as a powerful design
for professional learning and a high-leverage strategy for school
improvement.
Improve student outcomes with collective teacher efficacy. Is your
school climate promoting meaningful change? Recent research
suggests that Collective Efficacy (CE) is the number one factor
influencing student achievement. CE-the belief that, through
collective actions, educators can influence student outcomes and
improve student learning-is changing the educational ecosystem. A
faculty with high Collective Efficacy show greater effort and
persistence, willingness to try new teaching approaches, and attend
more closely to struggling students' needs. This book presents
practical strategies and tools for increasing student achievement
by sharing: Rationale and sources for establishing CE Conditions
and leadership practices for CE to flourish Professional learning
structures/protocols that promote CE If educators' realities are
filtered through the belief that they can do very little to
influence student achievement, then it is likely these beliefs will
manifest in their practice. Help teachers develop mastery and CE by
employing these key strategies. "Acclaimed staff developer and
experienced educational consultant Jennifer Donohoo puts the sword
to the mistaken idea that the best way to improve teaching is by
evaluating individuals. Donohoo takes an old idea-collective
efficacy-strengthens it with a rigorous research base, and brings
it alive through her countless observations of teachers' practice.
Collective Efficacy is about the overwhelming power that teachers
have to improve student learning and achievement when they work
together, explore every avenue open to them, and persist
relentlessly once they have found the best ways forward. This book
will turn many people's assumptions about how best to improve
student achievement on their head. Probably one of the very best
education books of the year." Andy Hargreaves, Brennan Chair in
Education Boston College
Inspiration and Guidance to Develop Collective Teacher Efficacy
Collective efficacy, or a shared belief that through collective
action educators can positively influence student outcomes, has
remained at the top of a list of influences on student achievement
in John Hattie's Visible Learning research. Collective efficacy has
been embodied by many educators, though collaboration tends to be
focused on building community and relationships, which alone are
not enough to move the needle on student achievement. This book
contains stories of collective efficacy in schools where it has
been actualized in practice, and includes: * Real-world case
studies of teams who have fostered and sustained collective
efficacy * Practical guidance for building collective efficacy
through professional learning designs * Tools that can be adapted
for specific needs or local contexts Through these accounts,
readers will gain a better understanding of ways to capitalize on
the reciprocal relationship between student achievement and
collective efficacy by having a clear understanding of what
collective efficacy looks like and how it can be accomplished.
Harness the power of collective efficacy to achieve quality
implementation! Designed to overcome a common barrier to successful
implementation of school improvement efforts--entrenched belief
systems--this book digs deeper into the power of collective
efficacy. Teams with a strong sense of collective efficacy devise
ways to make "what's supposed to work" actually work, and find ways
to exercise control over challenges that surround them. In addition
to the examples from both inside and outside of education, readers
will find * Ways to create environments that tap into mastery as
the number one source of collective efficacy * Methods to
strengthen vicarious experiences through observational learning *
Examination of social persuasion and affective states as additional
sources of collective efficacy Expanding on this
critically-important topic, this book accentuates the importance of
collective efficacy as the single most important driver of student
achievement and the key to successful implementation. This book is
the spark you need to look at implementation in a completely new
light.
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