ERIC Number: ED586497
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jul
Pages: 168
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-1-5443-2795-2
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Lab Class: Professional Learning through Collaborative Inquiry and Student Observation
Cranston, Lisa
Corwin
Meaningful growth in teacher practice comes when we invest in teacher-led, inquiry-based collaborative models where teachers get to roll up their sleeves and study what's really going on in classrooms. "Lab Class" introduces an observation-based professional learning design that helps teachers collaboratively plan, investigate, and develop solutions to a specific problem of practice by observing a host teacher's classroom through the eyes of students. This book provides instructional leaders and team facilitators with observation protocols that encourage teachers to: (1) Plan collaborative inquiry projects by identifying a focus of the inquiry, combing the research literature, creating norms for observations, and identifying resources needed; (2) Observe and analyze student conversations, actions, and products to determine the impact of instructional decisions on students; and (3) Identify patterns from observations and determine next steps for professional learning. Close the knowing-doing gap by bringing professional learning out of workshops and back where it belongs--in the classroom!
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cooperative Planning, Inquiry, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness
Corwin, a SAGE Publications Company. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: order@sagepub.com; Web site: http://www.corwin.com
Publication Type: Books; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Learning Forward
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