Continual Improvement Is Better Than Focusing On Best Practices
“Research and practical experience suggest that professional development focused on continual improvement of teaching is more effective than imitation of best practices. The best practice culture tends to search for and celebrate outlier teachers. But better teaching doesn’t come from imitating what star teachers do. Better teaching is built by steady, relentless, continual improvement—one lesson […]
5 Elements of Effective Administrator-Faculty Collaboration
“Close-To-Practice” PD Is Best. What Is It?
Wait Time: Lessons from 3rd Grade Apply to All Grade Levels
What Makes Good Observations: Teacher-Driven, Not Top-Down
“Existing approaches to observation generally serve the observer. Teacher-driven observation flips this approach, placing the observed teacher as leader and primary learner in the observation process.”
Is the EdCamp Movement a Model for Faculty Meetings?
How Teachers Get Better: Small, Connected Groups
“When peer coaching (as happens in small, reciprocal groups) was added, an estimated 95 percent of teachers transferred the new knowledge to their classrooms.”