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A critical process in pursing school reforms (such as Lesson Study/Professional Learning Communities/Teacher Collaboration/Action Research Teams), is investigating ideas for creating and using the time necessary to practice and sustain these efforts. Listed below are some helpful websites that offer insights/ideas for the creation of dedicated collaboration time for teachers. Critical Issue:
Finding Time for Professional Development http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd300.htm Provides an overview of the issue of ongoing, daily professional development. It examines research regarding the effectiveness of job-embedded staff development as an integral part of the teacher’s professional life. It suggests action steps to ensure time is provided for professional development. It explores implementation pitfalls. It provides links to four illustrative cases for creating time for professional development. They are listed below: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/94-4bran.htm http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/94-4colu.htm http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/94-4heff.htm http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/94-4milw.htm Making Time for Professional Development Activities http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/thepoint/time.htm Focusing on finding ways to carve out time for development of technology skills, it discusses five strategies for embedding professional development time in the school day. Additionally, it provides a listing of website resources dedicated to “Finding time” for school improvement. These resources are listed below: http://www.4teachers.org/keynotes/lawrence http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd300.htm http://nfie.org/publications/charge/section2.htm http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CPRE/t61/time.html http://www.nwrel.org/request/june98/article8.html http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/results/res3-99learning.cfm http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/results/10-97hirsh.cfm http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED400259 http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/pbriefs/94/94-4toc.htm http://www.ed.gov/G2K/teachers/time.html Asking Your School Board For
Teacher Collaboration Time http://www.smallschoolsproject.org/PDFS/asking_board_for_collab_time.pdf Finding Time for Collaboration http://www.ascd.org/ed_topics/el199309_raywid.html Provides 15 good examples of how schools are
making changes for necessary collaborative time. Listed below are some helpful websites that offer insights/ideas for the use of dedicated collaboration time for teachers. Teacher Collaboration in Secondary Schools http://vocserve.berkeley.edu/CenterFocus/CF2.html Explores the importance of developing collegial relationships between academic teachers and vocational teachers. It includes suggestions for cooperative activities and specific recommendations to encourage teacher collaboration. How Time Will Be Used http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd3lk13.htm Outlines a variety of purposes for using professional development time Teacher Collaboration Time in the http://www.msd38.k12.az.us/HTML/tct.htm Lists activities of teacher study groups. | |||
