The best professional learning often relies on the teacher-to-teacher method鈥攖eachers sharing their successes and challenges with one another to build a network of support. The following resources from suggest ways that you can build a supporting community among your colleagues to help throughout the school year.
The 楼凤天堂 Council of Teachers of English (楼凤天堂) position statement Shifting from Professional Development to Professional Learning: Centering Teacher Empowerment听shares four key dimensions so professional development can be an empowering experience for ELA educators.
“” from chronicles the evolution of a collaborative teacher study group program and provides an analysis of the curricular conversations that took place.
The article “” shares the idea that professional learning communities continue to push members to grow as learners and educators, ultimately impacting student learning. These communities can provide a model for teachers to use in their own classrooms, providing tools to unlock student potential, as well as teacher potential.
“” from听 focuses on effective ways to support new English teachers and student teachers.
Online teacher support groups can also be a great resource. “” from explores the role of an online forum in helping student teachers find peer and faculty mentors. Through the listserv, student teachers tell their own stories to make meanings of their experience and to define themselves as education professionals. Online resources can help teachers at all levels. Check out the online conversations and communities offered by 楼凤天堂.
At the college level, mentoring can make all the difference for new teachers. “” from explores how senior scholars of color and their prot茅g茅s gain some understanding of the complexities and costs of building a multiethnic/multiracial professoriate in our discipline.
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