Developing Expert Teaching: A practical guide to designing effective professional development, for others and ourselves

by Peps Mccrea

This book is for teachers, school leaders and teacher educators interested in understanding what teaching is, how it works, and how to improve it. From the author of Lean Lesson Planning , Memorable Teaching, and Motivated Teaching , this final instalment in the High Impact Teaching series stitches together the best available evidence from multiple fields to create a concise, coherent and actionable framework that you can use to power up your own teaching or that of others. Developing Expert Teaching has been carefully constructed to be a highly efficient reading experience. It is short, sparse and you should be able to read it in about an hour. ----- Contents Act Introduction Act Ingredients ----- Praise for other books in the High Impact Teaching series "Things that make teachers' lives simpler like this are few and far between." Doug Lemov, Author of Teach Like a Champion "I doubt you'll find an education book with more useful insights per minute of reading time." Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at UCL

"It's not easy to write a book that is simultaneously brief, packed with ideas, and clear, but Peps has done it." Daniel Willingham, Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia "I can't remember when I have ever read a book that takes such complex ideas and communicates them with sophistication and simplicity." Oliver Caviglioli, Education author & information designer

Genres: Education, Teaching

137 pages, Paperback

Published May 11, 2023

About the author

Peps Mccrea is an award-winning teacher educator, designer and author. He is Dean of Learning Design at Ambition Institute, author of the High Impact Teaching series, and holds fellowships from the Young Academy and University of Brighton. Peps has three Masters degrees, two lovely kids, and dances like no one is watching, which is probably for the best. Visit pepsmccrea.com for the full shebang.

Reviews

[Helen Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

As ever, a useful summary with a clear framework to use to plan, refine and evaluate PD in whatever role you may find yourself within a school from classroom teacher to PD lead. I will definitely be using this to refer back to as I embark on my first whole school role. I also enjoyed some of the humour and the references and summaries of each chapter are incredibly useful if you want to add more depth to your reading, whilst also knowing that the information and suggestions given are well-researched.

[Justin Harbin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hands down, the best book i've ever read on instructional coaching and faculty development. Peps is my current go-to for reflecting on and growing in teaching and faculty development work. Expertly written in manageable (cognitive-load friendly!) chapters with an eye to lead others into feasible change, I will be recommending this book to many of my colleagues!

[Robbie Burns]

Superb.

[Massimo Curatella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderfully written. Dense with useful and practical knowledge. It's a gem.