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Informationen zum Autor CHARLES TAYLOR KERCHNER is a professor of education at the Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, California and a noted authority on teacher unionism and post-industrial education. JULIA E. KOPPICH served until recently on the faculty of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley and as director of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). She is now managing partner of a new educational consulting firm in Berkeley, California and also serves as associate professor of education at the Claremont Graduate School. JOSEPH G. WEERES is professor of education at the Claremont Graduate School and specializes in the impact of technology on educational policy. Kerchner and Weeres live in Claremont, California and Koppich in Berkeley, California. Klappentext How teacher's unions can serve as advocates of innovative school reform.In this groundbreaking work, the authors make a compelling case for transforming teacher unions to become champions of quality schooling. This new model of teacher unions would be organized around issues of quality teaching and professional development, as well as, economic fairness. The authors propose strategies for expanding the influence of unions by involving them in the setting of educational standards, evaluating teacher performance, and promoting career security, portable pensions, and employment services for teachers. The book maps out new contracting strategies and labor law reforms that would allow unions to be more flexible and responsive to change. Zusammenfassung In this work! the authors offer a case for transforming teachers' unions to become champions of quality schooling. This model of teachers' unions would be organized around issues of quality teaching and professional development! as well as economic fairness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: A Post-Industrial Unionism. 1. Organizing the Other Half of Teaching. 2. From Siege Mentality to Transformational Vision.Part II: The Quest for Quality. 3. Improving the Craft of Teaching. 4. Upgrading Educational Standards. 5. Evaluating the Work of Peers. Part III: New Union-Management Agreements. 6. Reforming the District-Wide Contract. 7. Establishing School-Based Compacts. Part IV: Tasks for the Future. 8. Strengthening the Market for Teachers. 9. Creating New Representation Roles for Unions. 10. Reforming the Labor Law. 11. Organizing for the Knowledge Era....
