Teacher Collaboration
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Summary: This article talks about building staff culture along three spaces - the physical, the interpersonal, and the historical. By attending to these spaces, school leaders can nourish organizational harmony that can keep teachers and staff engaged for the long haul. Source: Eric Saibel, Edutopia, November 6, 2018 Description: "A school can have all the best structures in place – flexible bell schedules with Read more
Summary: This article points to the importance of professional development in helping teachers implement SEL in their classrooms. The article cites three important points - addressing SEL as part of a coherent learning plan, engaging adults in SEL, using a continuous improvement approach in setting goals and monitoring progress. Source: Stephanie Hirsch, Education Week, October 16, 2018 Description: "As more practiti Read more
Summary: This article provides some ideas on how to build staff culture in your school. Ideas include social-emotional PD sessions, public acknowledgements, celebrations and gatherings, and food, Building relationships and using classroom observations to identify teacher strengths are additional ways to build that positive culture. Source: Mary Davenport, Edutopia, May 7, 2018 Description: ?The most important element Read more
Summary: If schools want a strong collegial atmosphere, they need to foster it intentionally — both across the school and on smaller scales. This article suggests several strategies for building a strong adult culture in the school. Source: Mary Davenport, Edutopia, May 7, 2018 Description: "The most important element of a strong adult culture is that staff never feel like things are being done to them, but rat Read more
Summary: This article presents various perspectives on the proposal to have states include a non-academic measure in grading school performance. The resulting discussion concerns how to measure social-emotional skills and even what skills should be measured. Some believe that testing these non-academic skills is contradictory. Others look for SEL test results to provide justification for funding SEL programs. Source: Read more
Summary: This article underscores the importance of teacher engagement and teacher collaboration through collaborative learning structures. "These learning structures are the most important opportunity we have for fulfilling a vision of excellent teaching and learning for every student every day." Source: Stephanie Hirsch, Education Week, March 29, 2018 Description: "When a school district prioritizes a culture of co Read more
Summary: This article reports on a program at an elementary school near Richmond, VA where teachers participated in service learning projects as part of a professional development day in anticipation of implementing similar projects with their students in their own classrooms. Source: Linda Jacobson, Education DIVE, March 27, 2019 Description: "While professional learning for many teachers has moved to a virtual envi Read more
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Summary: This article looks at the practice of Classroom Walk-throughs (informal observations) and provides some insight on what might be missed or misconstrued in using this practice. Source: Peter DeWitt, Education Week, April 19, 2016 Description: Walkthroughs are pretty popular these days. A principal, or a team of administrators and teacher leaders, walk through a group of classrooms and look for certain instruc Read more
Summary: Teachers who are happy and satisfied with their job are probably better at it, past research (and general wisdom) has said. But a new study looks at exactly how teacher satisfaction affects student achievement—and how being a part of a professional learning community can make a major difference. Source: Madeline Will, Education Week. February 16, 2017 Categories: Teacher Satisfaction, Teacher Engagemen Read more
Summary: This article suggests that social emotional competence for teachers is a necessary ingredient for social emotional learning for their students. The writer talks about a series of activities for teachers that are designed to improve their own SEL while contributing to their happiness. Source: Madeline Will, Education Week, June 7, 2017 Description: Happy teachers lead to happy students, educators and research Read more
