Handbook for Qualities of Effective Teachers by James H Stronge

Handbook for Qualities of Effective Teachers by James H Stronge

What makes an effective teacher? How do you help good teachers become even better? What tools and techniques are available to support and sustain quality teaching?

In this companion to the best-selling Qualities of Effective Teachers, you'll find numerous strategies for examining the practice of teaching, helping teachers improve their skills, and establishing an environment that supports good teaching.

Each chapter concentrates on a different aspect of teacher effectiveness, and the authors include real-life teacher scenarios with focus questions that prompt readers to analyze the specific qualities of teaching. The authors offer their own analyses of these scenarios and also include supportive research summaries, blackline masters, graphic organizers, and other aids to help readers thoroughly explore the various qualities of effective teachers.

Principals, staff developers, teacher educators, teacher mentors, instructional leaders, and teachers themselves can use this book to

* support new teachers with emerging skills,
* coach promising teachers in the process of becoming effective teachers, and
* identify specific teacher needs, from questioning skills to assessment.

No matter what the skill level of the teachers involved, Handbook for Qualities of Effective Teachers will encourage a new level of self-reflection and better focus efforts to develop the kind of teaching skills that make a positive difference in the classroom.

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Daniel L. Duke is a leading authority on the school turnaround process. In addition to conducting extensive research into the most effective strategies for improving low-performing schools, Duke has worked with more than 150 school systems and state agencies on the development of school improvement plans and turnaround leaders. He is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Virginia. Pamela D. Tucker is a former special education teacher and school administrator who now is Professor of Educational Leadership and Program Director of the Educational Leadership Program at the University of Virginia. Tucker has written extensively on teacher evaluation and the school turnaround process. Michael J. Salmonowicz has spent a decade studying school turnaround at the University of Virginia and the University of Chicago. A former public school teacher and administrator, he taught in Chicago's first turnaround high school.

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ISBN 13	9781416600107
ISBN 10	1416600108
Title	Handbook for Qualities of Effective Teachers
Author	James H Stronge
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Year published	2004-12-30
Number of pages	225
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.