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Donnelly, Heather; Linn, Jeffrey – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
With increased teacher accountability and decreased funding, effective professional learning is more critical than ever. Teachers and educational leaders need to be fully and continuously supported in their professional growth around the changes they face, such as implementing Common Core, learning to interpret and use student data, and supporting…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Academic Standards, Data, Teacher Evaluation
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Anderson, Andrea; Steffen, Beth; Wiese, Chad; King, M. Bruce – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
While teachers face new expectations for student learning and more equitable educational outcomes, instruction and assessment remain rooted in traditional approaches that are largely inequitable, culturally irrelevant, and intellectually disengaging, contributing to gaps in academic achievement across student groups (Darling-Hammond, 2010; King…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Achievement Gap, Instructional Effectiveness
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Horwitz, Julie; Bradley, Janice; Hoy, Linda – Journal of Staff Development, 2011
In a professional learning community, adults learn through focused conversations on teaching practices and teacher learning to support student learning. Teachers in a professional learning community push each other's thinking and learning about teaching through questioning. While there are multiple opportunities for this critical thinking to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Learning Activities, Interprofessional Relationship, Communities of Practice
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Olson, Julie; Besch, Marsha – Journal of Staff Development, 1983
This article explains how a year-long, district-wide staff development program, which focused on developing teachers' critical thinking skills, was carried out. The program was planned and directed by specially-trained local teachers who familiarized their colleagues with Benjamin S. Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. (PP)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Peer Teaching
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Kraft, Nancy P. – Journal of Staff Development, 1995
Deskilling approaches to staff development separate the conception of curriculum from execution of curriculum. The article discusses the experience of one staff developer regarding deskilling staff-development practices, shares journal reflections, and describes a set of strategies used to encourage teachers to actively participate in their own…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education