Supporting and Sustaining Teachers′ Professional Development
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A01=Marilyn Tallerico
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Author_Marilyn Tallerico
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Instructional leadership
Leadership
Leadership in Education
National Standards for Proessional Development
Observation
School & District Administration
Shared leadership
Staff Supervision/Evaluation in Education
Staff SupervisionEvaluation in Education
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- ISBN 9781412913355
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 177 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 26 May 2005
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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"Tallerico empowers principals with her view that leaders matter and demonstrates how their influence is expanded when they focus their attention on high-quality professional learning that continuously improves teaching, student learning, and relationships within the school community."
—Dennis Sparks, Executive Director
National Staff Development Council
"Although there are many resources for building administrators to learn models and implementation issues for quality professional development, few I′ve seen have compiled as handy a resource as this one."
—Karla Reiss, Founder, Consultant, and Coach
The Change Place
Nurture teacher development through focused and realistic approaches!
Although school administrators consider supporting and sustaining teachers′ professional development a priority, more pressing day-to-day imperatives often eclipse this goal. Supporting and Sustaining Teachers′ Professional Development specifically targets busy school principals who want practical suggestions for how to balance these everyday administrative tasks while encouraging teachers′ professional growth.
Focusing on seven questions selected for their relevance to school administrators, this essential reference summarizes the practical implications of the latest research and theory on the topic of teacher development. Organized around three key elements of current NSDC national standards, this resource for new, veteran, and aspiring school leaders will illustrate how to:
—Dennis Sparks, Executive Director
National Staff Development Council
"Although there are many resources for building administrators to learn models and implementation issues for quality professional development, few I′ve seen have compiled as handy a resource as this one."
—Karla Reiss, Founder, Consultant, and Coach
The Change Place
Nurture teacher development through focused and realistic approaches!
Although school administrators consider supporting and sustaining teachers′ professional development a priority, more pressing day-to-day imperatives often eclipse this goal. Supporting and Sustaining Teachers′ Professional Development specifically targets busy school principals who want practical suggestions for how to balance these everyday administrative tasks while encouraging teachers′ professional growth.
Focusing on seven questions selected for their relevance to school administrators, this essential reference summarizes the practical implications of the latest research and theory on the topic of teacher development. Organized around three key elements of current NSDC national standards, this resource for new, veteran, and aspiring school leaders will illustrate how to:
- Emphasize research and practice
- Provide rationales that explain and justify the encouragement of professional development
- Link teachers′ professional development to student learning
- Interpret national standards for professional development and apply them practically
Marilyn Tallerico is a professor of Educational Leadership at Syracuse University. She teaches graduate courses in professional development, curriculum leadership, assessment of teaching, and politics of education. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Staff Development, as well as numerous other research and practitioner journals. She is widely published in the areas of the superintendency, gender, and educational leadership. Her two prior books were Accessing the Superintendency: The unwritten Rules (2000) and City Schools: Leading the Way (1993), the latter co-edited with Patrick B. Forsyth.
A theme throughout her work is how educational leaders can promote equity and excellence in the public schools. She has facilitated professional development for school board members, administrators, and teachers. She currently serves on the editorial board of the American Educational Research Journal, and has previously served on the boards of The Educational Administration Quarterly, and the Journal of School Leadership. Her community service and scholarship have been supported by the Educational Foundation of the American Association of University Women, the National Policy Board on Educational Administration, and the New York State Association for Women in Administration.
Prior to her position at the university, Marilyn served 12 years in the public schools in Connecticut and Arizona. She has been a central office curriculum administrator, a coordinator of bilingual and English-as-a-Second Language programs, and a Spanish teacher.
