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JSD Professional learning guide
Use this companion to the December 2012 issue of JSD to facilitate discussion and reflection of the thematic articles. (Available to the public.)
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Up close: Deep smarts start here
- Connecting the Standards for Professional Learning
- Principals and the Common Core
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Leader voices: Principals reflect on the evolution of their leadership
Meet three successful school leaders and learn about
their growth as leaders and how they make professional
learning a part of the everyday work of schools.
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Leadership through learning: When people are enlightened, they want to take action
By Tracy Crow
Anthony Muhammad, author and school leadership
expert, shares his strategies for leadership: Model
learning, experiment with ideas, create a healthy
culture, understand people and pedagogy, and embrace
scholarship.
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Strength training: Aspiring principals need fortified programs to prepare them for the challenges they face
By Jennifer Gill
A report by The Wallace Foundation offers lessons on
how to address weaknesses in leadership training: Be
selective in recruiting candidates, build instructional
leadership, involve states and districts, and support
principals on the job.
This article is sponsored by The Wallace Foundation.
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Wide-open opportunities: Teacher leaders can help rural schools make the most of meager resources
By Melia Franklin
For rural schools and districts struggling to meet
the same standards as their urban and suburban
counterparts, the key is to find and encourage teacher
leaders who can use their expertise to help their school
or district do more with less.
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Buoyed on all sides: A network of support guides teacher leaders in high-needs schools
By Marisa Suescun, Toby Romer, and Elisa MacDonald
The Teach Plus T3 Initiative recruits, develops, and
supports teams of high-performing teachers to teach
and lead in low-performing schools and ultimately
accelerate student learning.
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Out of isolation: Superintendents band together to improve instruction and equity in their districts
By Thomas Hatch and Rachel Roegman
The ideas, resources, and routines of the New Jersey
Network of Superintendents combine with other
factors to influence the instructional core in one
district.
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What leadership looks like: Videos help aspiring leaders get the picture
By Lynn V. Clark
National programs such as New Leaders and School Leaders
Network have developed expertise in ways to combine videos of
practices proven to drive student gains with critical self-reflection
and job-embedded application.
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Who are the advocates in your school? Professional learning cries out for leaders to shape it as a relevant and energizing force
By Hayes Mizell
Professional development will not serve all educators well unless
leaders at each level make professional learning their business,
advocating for it individually and collectively.
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Tool: IC maps for teachers
In this expanded tool section, eight pages of IC maps outline the three key ideas of the
Leadership standard and how they look in practice.
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From the editor
By Tracy Crow
(Available to the public.)
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Essentials: Keeping up with hot topics in the field
- Global outlook
- Steal these tools
- Michigan teachers
- Evaluation design
- Framework for Australia's schools
- Policies and practice
- Teacher effectiveness
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Tool
IC maps for teachers.
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Cultural proficiency
By Patricia L. Guerra and Sarah W. Nelson
Culture's influence on behavior doesn't
stop at the classroom door. (Available to the public.)
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@ LEARNING FORWARD
NEWS AND NOTES
- Book Club
- Board members elected
- On Board: Kenneth Salim on seizing
opportunities to lead
- Sign up for e-learning programs
- Pledge to change lives
(Available to the public.)
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From the director
By Stephanie Hirsh
(Available to the public.)
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3 steps, 1 goal: Teacher teams boost math instruction using 3-part learning design
By Regina M. Mistretta
A three-step program introduces teachers to student
learning objectives, offers a focus lesson in a real-life
classroom, and follows up with a facilitator-guided
discussion.
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