Best Practices for Teacher Leadership : What Award-Winning Teachers Do for Their Professional Learning Communities

Leading through collaboration with colleagues Excellence in education / Tracy Lund, Alaska Operation help me! collaboration : or, how I survived my first years of teaching / Julie York, Maine Professional collaboration within an inclusive classroom setting : how to make it work / Alicia Carey, South Carolina Using staff development to implement a schoolwide reading goal / Angie Judd, Minnesota Statewide teacher training networks / Angie Judd, Minnesota Structured freedom : successful schools through collaborative learning communities / Jason Harding, Pennsylvania Lifelong teaching and learning / Linda Hodges, California Scopes trial and error : a lesson in integrated teaching / Stacey Smiar, Massachusetts Staff development initiatives within faculty groups / Scott Hogan, Arizona Involving community and families Pioneer days at Bowers Elementary School / Christopher Shadle, Ohio Using school/community partnerships to teach history, heroism, and heritage / Deborah Forringer and Eileen Serene, Pennsylvania Finding your Lost Dutchman Mine / Dennis Griner, Washington The three "cs" in education : a classroom, a community, and collaboration / Erica Drennan, West Virginia Parent involvement / Jessica Galla, Rhode Island Let's take it outside : creating a community learning environment / Linda Keteyian, Michigan Effective parent involvement in the classroom / Roxie Albrecht, South Dakota Billy : every family is a special family / Susan Ilgen, Oklahoma Encouraging hands-on learning in science and technology Students and research : using students to create a science research program / Michael Corcoran, New Jersey CELLLSS (creating experiences in life, learning, and laboratory science skills) for girls : turning middle and high school girls on to science / Michal Robinson, Alabama Voyaging through curriculum / Michelle Evans, Utah Teaming up for success / Karen Neely, Mississippi Growing community ties through gardening / Kristy Kidd, Arkansas Online collaboration benefits students and teachers : classrooms across the world / Janet Barnstable, Illinois Education technology : issues, trends and leadership / Keil Hileman, Kansas Promoting student interest in life science and technology by making students active learners / Lisa Alvey, Kentucky Mentoring and sharing professional development Give me an ?h?: homework strategies / Charla Bunker, Montana Team teaching from two perspectives / Chris McAuliff and Hillary Mason, Michigan Enriching and extending : teaching through professional conferences / Deidre Austen, Maryland Leading and modeling staff development initiatives within faculty groups and within the school / Frank Rossi, Connecticut Developing interest in reading strategies inside of the teaching community / Jonathan Kern, Florida Teaching is not a solitary profession / Laura Partridge, Virginia Professional development : a life-changing event / Linda Antinone, Texas Teaching with passion Leading through excitement / Tammy Haggerty Jones, Illinois Peeking through my door / Maria Jose de la Torre, North Carolina The music underlying the words : classroom climate / Diane Palmer-Furman, Colorado Thank you, Mrs. Woodford / Diane Woodford, Nebraska They believe / Diane Woodford, Nebraska Perception, focus, and attitude : teachers leading the way / Mary Catherine Bradshaw, Tennessee Accepting the change / Nancy K. Ackerman, New Mexico Empowering students Each one, teach one / Ernest Schiller, Iowa To Russia with love / Evan D. Mortenson, Oregon Using children's books in the high school setting / Rita Cannon Hovermale, Delaware. Praise for Randi Stone′s Best Practice collections: "Will live up to its title and become a favored reference for any teacher, whether in a primary or public, rural or urban, or preschool through high school setting." -Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2004 "A priceless tool not only for teachers but also for mentors and administrators." -Danny McPherson, Principal West Columbus High School, Cerra Gordo, NC "Just what the teacher ordered." -CHOICE, November 2002 "Offers practical, down-to-earth advice." -Letitia Abram, Media Specialist Canal Winchester High School, OH Join award-winning teacher leaders as they discuss their best ideas for today′s professional learning communities! Best Practices for Teacher Leadership chronicles the many and varied ways in which award-winning teachers create professional learning communities through collaborations with colleagues, mentees, faculty groups, learners, families, and neighborhoods. Join them as they share their best ideas for achieving excellence in education through staff development, hands-on learning, new technologies, mentoring, parent involvement, and more. Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; About the Contributors; Chapter 1 - Leading through Collaboration with Colleagues; Excellence in Education; Operation Help Me! Collaboration: Or How I Survived My First Years of Teaching; Professional Collaboration within an Inclusive Classroom Setting: How to Make It Work; Using Staff Development to Implement a Schoolwide Reading Goal; Statewide Teacher Training Networks; Structured Freedom: Successful Schools through Collaborative Learning Communities; Lifelong Teaching and Learning; Scopes Trial and Error: A Lesson in Integrated Teaching