Published In
NCPEA Education Leadership Review
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
5-1-2013
Subjects
Educational leadership -- United States, Teachers -- United States, School improvement programs -- United States, United States. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Abstract
How do we prepare and support better teachers during financial crisis? A newly formed university-district partnership, utilizing Professional Development School (PDS) research leveraged instructional rounds as a professional development strategy for mutual benefit. This article synthesizes two successful schools' journeys toward innovative and transparent improvement of teachers' practices, for both tenured and preservice teachers. Analysis of each school's video documentation of instructional rounds, observations, interviews, focus groups, and artifacts of the partnership yielded increased leadership capacity, improved culture, and continuous professional learning, even within a context of staff reduction and budget crisis. These schools' stories have critical application to teacher and leadership preparation in the political climate of accountability and the reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which seeks to ensure "a great teacher in every classroom [and] a great principal in every building"
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9585
Citation Details
Petti, A. (2013). Successful leaders beating the odds: Leveraging instructional rounds with professional development in school-university partnerships. In C. Mullen & K.Lane. (Eds.), NCPEA Annual Yearbook: Becoming a Global Voice. (pp. 111-124). Ypsilanti MI: NCPEA Press.
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