"Taking the Lead" outlines 10 practical and powerful roles for school-based coaches responsible for helping teachers increase their capacity to serve all students. The second edition is a rich update to Killion and Harrison's essential resource and includes dozens of online tools that support deep exploration and implementation of the…

How can we approach professional development in a thoughtful way, keep teachers motivated, and make the process worthwhile? It's a truth that school leaders can't deny: teachers tend to think of PD as a distraction from the "real work" of the classroom--as something to get through instead of an opportunity to engage, learn, and grow as…

As your school district undertakes the process of evaluating its K-12 reading program, literacy curriculum, or literacy instructional practices, this book will be your go-to resource. Pennell offers a step-by-step guide for educators, school leaders, or professional learning communities to evaluate high-quality instructional materials and…

As of the writing of this report, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are being implemented in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Approaches to implementing the standards, however, are highly varied. For the past 3 years, Research For Action (RFA) has been tracking how one approach to implementing the literacy standards--the Literacy…

While deans and department heads can create a nurturing environment for faculty development, a significant burden of responsibility should be taken by each faculty member. (MSE)

Discusses graded positions in Great Britain, emphasizing "scale posts" (teaching positions carrying managerial responsibility). Recent surveys reveal that most teacher-managers do not perform these roles effectively and may regard "scale posts" as rewards for classroom teaching. This paper relates differential salaries to…

Discusses faculty development efforts within the medical education field. Argues that most faculty development programs primarily stress instructional improvement. Urges that increased attention be given to other responsibilities of faculty besides teaching, the varying needs of faculty at different career stages, and needs identified by faculty…

This book offers college department chairs guidelines for effectively fulfilling their roles as faculty developers, managers, leaders, and scholars. The results of several national surveys on chairs' duties and needs are summarized. Part 1 reviews the role of faculty developer. A practical set of procedures is given for recruiting faculty, bearing…

This book demonstrates how academic chairs at institutions of higher education can learn the skills that are essential to their becoming leaders and faculty developers and having a significant impact on their departments. The book assists chairs in building cohesive teams in their departments and facilitates learning and using survival skills. It…

A review of the literature on writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs indicates that most such programs have four components. First, the programs require that students complete one of the following before graduation: (1) a timed writing test, (2) a departmental endorsement system, (3) a quota of regular content courses designated…

The Missouri Excellence in Education Act of 1985 established the Missouri Career Development and Teacher Excellence Plan, also known as the Career Ladder Program. The intent of the program was to develop and implement a process to encourage quality teachers to remain in the classroom and to continue the emphasis on improved instruction. The…

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has developed and adopted regulations enabling teachers to design individual programs of professional growth on the basis of their goals and needs, and to establish a supportive network of professional growth advisors who will assist in planning programs that are consistent with teachers' goals…

This paper is intended to supplement the relatively scant amount of information available to principals on mentoring and mentor programs for beginning teachers. Suggestions include: learning the basic principles of effective new teacher mentor programs with respect to design, implementation, and evaluation; understanding the local new teacher…

Underscores the importance of scholarship to the community college president's professional development, presenting scholarship as a way of keeping in touch with core values, setting an institutional climate, gaining credibility, renewing and revitalizing oneself, and enhancing leadership effectiveness. Identifies barriers to presidential…

This how-to guide and workbook helps planners and participants who want to develop an exemplary mentoring program or upgrade an existing one. It is designed to help readers: obtain broad-based commitment and participation from key individuals and groups; understand and work within the larger environment in which a mentoring program operates; form…