Synopses & Reviews
A conceptual and practical guide to Teacher Rounds - a powerful form of job-embedded professional development with proven potential to support collaborative learning centered on student learning. It provides detailed examples of teacher rounds in action including a full chapter on a high-performing urban school (University Park Campus School) in which all teachers practice Teacher Rounds in order to foster shared knowledge about teaching and learning, and to develop the kind of learning community for themselves that the teacers value for their students as well.
Synopsis
A comprehensive guide shows how to implement practice-based peer-to-peer professional development for teachers, including examples from a high-performing urban school and across all grade levels and disciplines.
Synopsis
Teacher Rounds: Powerful peer-to-peer teacher professional development
Teachers are ready to be in the driver's seat as leaders of their own learning--and their best professional development resources may be their own classrooms and colleagues. With Teacher Rounds methodology, teachers learn with and from each other through classroom observation and inquiry and develop a trusted community of practice. Scholar-teacher Thomas Del Prete outlines every aspect of this ongoing, collaborative approach:
- Step-by-step guidance and tools for implementing Teacher Rounds
- Insights on creating a positive environment for honest feedback
- A wealth of examples from a high-performing school and across all grade levels and disciplines