Teacher Collaboration for Professional Learning: Facilitating Study, Research, and Inquiry Communities

Teacher Collaboration for Professional Learning contains the essential information, tools, and examples teachers and school leaders need to create, manage, and sustain successful collaborative groups. Designed to be a hands-on resource, this practical guide shows you how to: <ul>
<li>Advocate for collaborative teacher learning</li> <li>Develop and sustain collaborative research groups</li> <li>Organize and conduct productive research projects</li> <li>Address issues of ethics, leadership, and group dynamics</li> <li>Evaluate and sustain collaborative learning activities</li> </ul> Based on data from a major survey, Teacher Collaboration for Professional Learning features extensive case examples from model research communities collaborating within schools, across districts, in partnership with universities, and as online networks. The book also offers a wealth of reproducible templates as well as reflection questions and exercises?invaluable tools for organizing study groups.

Education & Teaching

Susan E. Israel

Cynthia A. Lassonde

Janice F. Almasi

Schools & Teaching

Jossey-Bass

Teacher Collaboration for Professional Learning contains the essential information, tools, and examples teachers and school leaders need to create, manage, and sustain successful collaborative groups. Designed to be a hands-on resource, this practical guide shows you how to: <ul> <li>Advocate for collaborative teacher learning</li> <li>Develop and sustain collaborative research groups</li> <li>Organize and conduct productive research projects</li> <li>Address issues of ethics, leadership, and group dynamics</li> <li>Evaluate and sustain collaborative learning activities</li> </ul> Based on data from a major survey, Teacher Collaboration for Professional Learning features extensive case examples from model research communities collaborating within schools, across districts, in partnership with universities, and as online networks. The book also offers a wealth of reproducible templates as well as reflection questions and exercises'invaluable tools for organizing study groups.

Cindy Lassonde

Today more and more teachers are turning to research to inform their teaching. Taking action through teacher research can have a ripple effect that influences not only classroom practice but the field of education. Preservice, novice, and veteran teachers are all in prime positions to develop their powerful voices regarding education issues. Editors Cynthia A. Lassonde and Susan E. Israel break down the process of teacher research into manageable steps from learning how to develop a research project to writing, publishing, and presenting research.  In addition, this user-friendly guide includes key terms at the beginning of each chapter, problem-solving vignettes, tips, and numerous resources.The International Reading Association is the world's premier organization of literacy professionals. Our titles promote reading by providing professional development to continuously advance the quality of literacy instruction and research. Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better.  Some of the many areas we publish in include:  -Comprehension-Response To Intervention/Struggling Readers-Early Literacy -Adolescent Literacy-Assessment-Literacy Coaching-Research And Policy

Teachers Taking Action: A Comprehensive Guide to Teacher Research

Intl Literacy Assn

Make informed decisions about the future of reading instruction by exploring the lives and lasting contributions of early literacy leaders who helped shape the field. ''Shaping the Reading Field'' documents the lives of 16 reading researchers, reading practitioners, and specialists in children's literature and adult reading. You'll find vivid biographical sketches of such notable pioneers as James McKeen Cattell, Charles Hubbard Judd, Edmund Burke Huey, Bernice Elizabeth Leary, Ernest Horn, William Scott Gray, and Ruth May Strang. Using historical research based on qualitative, quantitative, and oral history approaches, the contributors interpret and sort the evidence of the past, revealing how the pioneers' work has helped define reading education.
The International Reading Association is the world's premier organization of literacy professionals. Our titles promote reading by providing professional development to continuously advance the quality of literacy instruction and research.
 Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better. 
 Some of the many areas we publish in include: 
 -Comprehension -Response To Intervention/Struggling Readers -Early Literacy -Adolescent Literacy -Assessment -Literacy Coaching -Research And Policy

Shaping the Reading Field: The Impact of Early Reading Pioneers, Scientific Research, and Progressive Ideas

Science & Math

Research

Language of Literacy is a theme glossary to help educators, leaders, politicians, and reading advocates understand the meaning of reading and writing based on thematic collections. Literacy terms are arranged around seven key themes, which include instruction and assessment, reading processes, strategies, reading comprehension, literacy is our lives, the meaning of literacy, and words new to literacy. Anyone who is interested in understanding literacy will benefit from having this theme glossary to help understand exemplary practices of literacy educators.

Language of Literacy

Reference

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

CRQ Press

Packed with enriching ideas for all educators, this guide summarizes the key areas of the Reading First program to provide a comprehensive understanding of its components.

Reading First and Beyond: The Complete Guide for Teachers and Literacy Coaches

Cathy Collins Block

Corwin Press

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Books by Susan E. Israel

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Teacher Collaboration for Professional Learning: Facilitating Study, Research, and Inquiry Communities

Teacher Collaboration for Professional Learning: Facilitating Study, Research, and Inquiry Communities

Teacher Collaboration for Professional Learning: Facilitating Study, Research, and Inquiry Communities

Teachers Taking Action: A Comprehensive Guide to Teacher Research

Shaping the Reading Field: The Impact of Early Reading Pioneers, Scientific Research, and Progressive Ideas

Language of Literacy

Reading First and Beyond: The Complete Guide for Teachers and Literacy Coaches