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Teacher Research Is Key To Making Adequate Yearly Progress

As a Teacher Action Researcher and Teacher Research Coach, I always find it invaluable to work with like-minded individuals on relevant goals. Teacher Research gives you confidence in your pedagogy and the immediate feedback you receive from your colleagues Read More...

Building A Community With Teacher Researchers

“You didn’t think we could do this, did you?” said Marta. She was standing there looking up at me as a video of her research project on cooperative grouping was playing in the background. Marta is a special education teacher with a lot of experience. Read More...

Ending Teacher Cliques

Oh, the tension we create when we function in cliques. Usually teacher cliques separate themselves by age and subject matter, and sometimes the entire faculty acts as a clique. Admit it, teacher cliques are an adult’s version of a safety blanket. You Read More...

Capturing Time: What does it mean to work to the contract?

Twenty-seven hours is a magic number, indeed. Plenty of teachers, union stewards, and administrators know this number by heart. It spells out the number of hours teachers can use for school-based professional development. What do 27 hours actually look Read More...

212 degrees: Producing steam in professional development

I love the DVD 212 degrees produced by Simple Truth s. After presenting the scientific fact that it takes one extra degree to turn boiling water into steam, you are taken on a journey to answer a simple question: What if you gave 99% effort to everything Read More...