The Collaborative Teacher

by Cassandra Erkens, Chris Jakicic, Lillie Jessie

The time of exclusive top-down leadership is over! Only teachers can transform education from inside the classroom, and this book defines best practices of collaborative teacher leadership. Specific techniques, supporting research, expert insight, and real classroom stories illustrate how to work together for student learning, create a guaranteed and viable curriculum, and use data to inform instruction.

Define and implement best practices for collaborative teacher leadership in a PLC. Discover how to work together for student learning and how to create a guaranteed and viable curriculum. Explore the many ways data can be utilized to inform instruction. Use common assessments to bridge the gap between teaching and learning.

Foreword by Rebecca DuFourIntroduction by Richard DuFour

Part Working Together for Student LearningChapter 1: The New Teacher Transforming Education From Inside the ClassroomChapter 2: Creating Intentional CollaborationChapter 3: Teacher How Collaboration Gets to the Heart of Great Schools

Part Creating a Guaranteed and Viable CurriculumChapter 4: Too Much to How to Identify What Matters Most Chapter 5: Instructional Improvement From the Inside Lesson Study at WorkChapter 6: Connecting Curriculum Mapping to Assessment for Learning

Part Using Data to Reach All StudentsChapter 7: Teaching in the DarkChapter 8: Common Bridging the Gap Between Teaching and LearningChapter 9: An Integrated Response to Eight Strategies That A New Era of Spectacular Teachers

228 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2008

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

This a great book for those getting started in a PLC its very motivating!

[Jillian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for any teacher.

[Andy Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spectacular teachers should have time to collaborate, during the school day, both to plan lessons and to review student work.