Committed to improving instructional programs, more and more teachers are playing an active role in mathematics and science reform. Teacher Leadership in Mathematics and Science was written to assist these efforts. This unique book will both help current teacher leaders be more effective in this role and support the development of aspiring teacher leaders. 
 This volume of cases - the first of its kind - focuses on issues teacher leaders face in their interactions with other teachers, administrators, and parents, such as: 
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<li>What kind of expertise do I bring to my leadership work? </li>
<li>How do I build support for reform? </li>
<li>How do I develop different kinds of relationships in my role as teacher leader? </li>
</ul> These issues are elaborated on in seven different cases, presenting situations that will be very familiar to anyone who has acted as a teacher leader or worked with teacher leaders. The book also contains extensive facilitation material for each case, consisting of discussion questions and activities that can be used in preservice and inservice settings to promote reflection on and problem solving about teacher-leadership issues. All in all, it's a mathematics or science educator's best resource for understanding the challenges of teacher leadership, acquiring the necessary skills to serve in this capacity, and implementing lasting change in classroom practice.

Teacher Leadership in Mathematics and Science: Casebook and Facilitator's Guide

Business & Money

Miller, Barbara

Moon, Jean

Elko, Susan

Spencer, Deborah Bryant

Education & Reference

Heinemann

This book represents the next tier of work teachers will be doing in applying alternative assessment to mathematics in their classrooms. It is a resource book for developing professional judgment, crafted around examples of student work in mathematics along with guided interpretations of the work. The best way to develop expert judgment is to do two tasks in tandem: analyze student work according to performance indicators; and practice the art of applying professional judgment in reflective collaboration with your colleagues. Developing Judgment is a guided journey through both tasks. It derives from a series of sessions in which a project study group of elementary teachers and their principals built an understanding of good classroom assessment practices through ongoing discussions of children's mathematical work. The sessions in the book parallel those undertaken by the project study group. Each deals with a major idea involved in judging student work and how that idea plays out in instruction, curriculum, and assessment. Session elements include: background information; goals and a recommended sequence; suggestions for conducting the session on your own; excerpts from the project study group's conversations; the author's reflections on those conversations; and ideas for additional opportunities to practice the assessment techniques discussed. Whether you use Developing Judgment on your own, with one or two colleagues, or with a study group, it is certain to invite action and reflection.

Developing Judgment: Assessing Children's Work in Mathematics

Children's Books

Jean Moon and Linda Schulman offer practitioners a new approach to assessment-one that is comprehensive, practical, and interactive. Recognizing the process-oriented nature of alternative assessment, they contend that the more we "do" alternative assessment, the more we learn about it. Their book encourages and enhances that "doing" process. Finding the Connections emphasizes the conceptual links among assessment, instruction, and curriculum, focusing on classroom practices in grades K-6. It provides a model for integrating assessment with instruction; ideas for communicating with parents, students, and administrators; and guided opportunities to practice and reflect upon the assessment process. By sharing their experiences, the authors also help readers develop their own assessment methods. Classroom teachers, mathematics educators, mathematics specialists, curriculum developers, administrators, and other practitioners interested in the general field of assessment will find this book essential reading.

Finding the Connections: Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Curriculum in Elementary Mathematics

Dacey, Linda

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