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This book explains and demonstrates how collaboration and teamwork can help enhance professionalism and school quality by overcoming teachers' isolation in the classroom, in the school, and in their work.
List of contents
Table of Contents
PREFACE
Bruce S. Cooper & Sharon Conley
Chapter 1: Teaching as a Profession - and More: Why? and How?
Bruce S. Cooper & Carolyn Brown
Chapter 2: What has Prevented Teachers From Being Full Professionals? Mary Antony Bair
Chapter 3: Rejuvenating Teacher Teams: Back to Basics
Terrence E. Deal & Donna Redman
Chapter 4: Organizational Design in Support of Professional Learning Communities in One District
Scott C. Bauer, S. David Brazer, Michelle Van Lare, & Robert L. Smith
Chapter 5: Influences on Teacher Sharing and Collaboration
Tanya F. Cook & Vivienne Collinson
Chapter 6: Teaming to Break the Walls of Isolation: Collaboration in Elementary Grade Level Teams
J. John Dewey & Sharon Conley
Chapter 7: Collaboration in Middle School Departments: A Work Group Effectiveness Perspective
Sharon Conley & Frank C. Guerrero
Chapter 8: Professional Learning Communities Using Evidence: Examining Teacher Learning and Organizational Learning
Michelle D. Van Lare, S. David Brazer, Scott C. Bauer, & Robert L. Smith
Chapter 9: Principal-Teacher Collaboration
Vivienne Collinson
EPILOGUE: Collaboration, Professionalism, and School Quality for the Future
Bruce S. Cooper
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
About the author
By Sharon Conley and Bruce S. Cooper
Summary
This book explains and demonstrates how collaboration and teamwork can help enhance professionalism and school quality by overcoming teachers' isolation in the classroom, in the school, and in their work.
