Designing Teacher-Student Partnership Classrooms (Solutions) (Professional Development for Teachers to Become Learning Partners) (Solutions for Digital Learner-centered Classrooms)

Part of the Solutions for Digital Learner-Centered Classrooms series

Shift classroom structures to create a space in which all K-12 students and teachers continually learn from each other. By becoming learning partners with their students, teachers can help them develop enthusiasm for learning and employ deep learning goals. Discover how to cultivate a classroom environment in which students can apply what they've learned, teach it to their teacher and fellow students, and understand how their knowledge will be useful beyond the classroom.

Benefits:

• Gain strategy-rich and practical ways connected to Michael Fullan's 6 Cs to immediately create change in classrooms.
• Study real stories and examples of transformation in K-12 classrooms, and read teachers' and students' comments.
• Discover online organizational, planning, and collection tools that educators can use to manage recordkeeping, assessment, feedback, and personal professional development.
• Determine how to connect with other classrooms and maintain personal portfolios online.
• Ascertain the importance of transparency as part of a healthy school culture.

Contents:
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Does It Look Like When the Teacher Becomes a Learning Partner?
Chapter 2: The 6 Cs in Action
Chapter 3: Bring Back the Fun With New Professional Development Experiences
Chapter 4: Connected Learning Is the Future
References and Resources