Teachers Caught in the Action Professional Development That Matters

Because what we do in staff development can best be understood in terms of Contexts, Strategies, and Structures, the remainder of the book features distinguished educators who write from their own unique experiential and theoretical stances. Jacqueline Ancessdescribes how teachers in New York City secondary schools increase their own learning while improving student outcomes; Milbrey W. McLaughlinand Joel Zarrowdemonstrate how teachers learn to use data to improve their practice and meet educational standards; Lynne Millerpresents a case study of a long-lived school'university partnership; Beverly Falkrecounts stories of teachers working together to develop performance assessments, to understand their student's learning, to re-think their curriculum, and much more; Laura Stokesanalyzes a school that successfully uses inquiry groups. There are further contributions (including some from novice teachers) by Anna Richert Ershler, Ann Lieberman, Diane Wood, Sarah Warshauer Freedman, and Joseph P. McDonald. These powerful exemplars from practice provide a much-needed overview of what matters and what really works in professional development today.Lieberman, Ann is the author of 'Teachers Caught in the Action Professional Development That Matters' with ISBN 9780807740996 and ISBN 0807740993.