Knowledge and Skills of Professional Teaching Project

EdWeekly published a brief found in Teacher Mag. that outlines a survey done by MET Life on the various responses by principals, teachers, and students regarding school culture discussing teacher collaboration and positive school learning communities.  The article’s complete document is found at the following URL : 

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2010/02/17/metlife.html?tkn=RYTCpFN0hFiRdFFlQZlSJRxR2BVFGEgdORIh&cmp=clp-ascd  

Its basic ideas that relate to our committee work can [...]

hi everyone,

the meeting notes are now posted on the website. Thanks, Lorne and Judy, for volunteering to take the initial stab at consolidating what we have done into a working document!

James

In our discussions, one of the issues we have raised is that of dispositions and what that might mean/should mean to a teacher operating in a professional culture.  Below is a list of dispositions from Charlotte Danielson’s text:  Danielson, C.  (2006).  Teacher leadership that strengthens professional practice. Alexandria,
VA:  ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development).

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