Teachers Bringing Out the Best in Teachers: A Guide to Peer Consultation for Administrators and Teachers - Hardcover

Blase, Rebajo R.; Blase, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412925959 ISBN 13: 9781412925952

Publisher: Corwin, 2006

Synopsis

Through nearly 300 research-based teacher perspectives on informal, teacher-to-teacher collaboration, school leaders will learn how teachers can promote professional growth in each other.

About this title

Review:

"A great contribution to the field. Excellent examples of communication styles. The scenarios and short vignettes that demonstrate concepts are interesting and on point." (Gwen Gross, Superintendent of Schools 2006-07-11)

"This book definitely represents a new niche in instructional improvement, offering the integration of prior research, key literature, and strategies for implementation and action." (Edith Rusch, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership 2006-07-11)

"School leaders can use this book as a tool to promote a culture that encourages professional growth and development." (PsycCRITIQUES, August 2007, Vol. 52(33) 2007-10-12)

About the Author:

Jo Blase is a professor of educational administration at the University of Georgia, and a former public school teacher, high school and middle school principal, and director of staff development. She received a Ph.D. in educational administration, curriculum, and supervision in 1983 from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and her research has focused on instructional and transformational leadership, school reform, staff development, and principal-teacher relationships. Through work with the Beginning Principal Study National Research Team, the Georgia League of Professional Schools, and public and private school educators with whom she consults throughout the United States and abroad, she has pursued her interest in preparation for and entry to educational and instructional leadership as it relates to supervisory discourse.

Winner of the W. G. Walker 2000 Award for Excellence for her coauthored article published in the Journal of Educational Administration, the University of Georgia College of Education Teacher Educator Award, the University of Colorado School of Education Researcher/Teacher of the Year, and the American Association of School Administrators Outstanding Research Award, Blase has published in international handbooks and journals such as The Journal of Staff Development, The Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, Educational Administration Quarterly, and The Alberta Journal of Educational Research; her eight book editions include Empowering Teachers (1994, 2000), Democratic Principals in Action (1995), The Fire Is Back (1997), Handbook of Instructional Leadership (1998, 2004), Breaking the Silence (2003), and Teachers Bringing Out the Best in Teachers (2006).

Blase has authored chapters on becoming a principal, school renewal, supervision, and organizational development; her recent research examines the problem of teacher mistreatment. She has published over 90 academic articles, chapters, and books, and she also conducts research on supervisory discourse among physicians as medical educators and consults with physicians in US hospitals and medical centers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1412925959
• ISBN 13: 9781412925952
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168