Knowledge and Skills of Professional Teaching Project

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Stephen found and suggested the following article for us to read over. It could be a good one for generating some online discussion as well!  Stephen, if you want to kick us off with some entry questions, that could serve us well?

Effective PLCs and Teacher Inquiry

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here is an article that John forwarded along to us to read..many of the same authors from the last Good Seeds article that we looked at earlier this year.  3 Strands Form Strong School Leadership

From Judy, the suggested article that provides a realistic view of teacher collaboration.

Turning Points Article “Teachers Working Together to Improve Instruction”

I was recently sent an article about Linda Nathan who was the former headmaster at the Boston pilot school, the Boston Arts Academy. An interesting read:

http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/homepage/x1945257912/Harvard-prof-Cambridge-achievement-gap-can-be-closed-with-more-dialogue

What do you all think about her ‘public naming’ of issues of achievement and non-achievement, especially with that honor roll call in the auditorium piece? Do you all [...]

I have had 5 additional articles on School Culture posted to the Libguide page, (libguides.enc.edu/teacher_knowledge_base).  In particular, the Matt King article is there – Good Seeds Grow in Strong Cultures.  Enjoy the reading.

Three or four new articles have been posted to the Libguide page.