Developing highly qualified teachers : a handbook for school leaders / / Allan A. Glatthorn, Brenda K. Jones, Ann Adams Bullock ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827625003321
• Autore: Glatthorn Allan A. <1924-2007, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press : , : NSDC, , 2006; ©2006
• ISBN: 1-4833-6087-3; 1-4833-6306-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.102
• Soggetti: Teacher effectiveness - United States; Teachers - In-service training - United States; Effective teaching - United States; School administrators - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Part I - The Foundations""; ""Chapter 1 - Understanding and Owning the Concept of Highly Qualified Teachers""; ""Understanding the Concept of Highly Qualified Teachers""; ""Owning the Concept of the Highly Qualified Teacher""; ""Using Guidelines for Leadership""; ""A Final Note""; ""Chapter 2 - Recruiting Highly Qualified Teachers""; ""Understanding the Need for Recruitment""; ""Using General Strategies""; ""Using Strategies That Respond to System Needs""; ""Recruiting Graduates from Alternative Programs""; ""Expanding the Sources""""A Final Note""; ""Chapter 3 - Selecting Highly Qualified Teachers""; ""Strategies to Use in the Preliminary Stage""; ""Strategies to Use in the Middle Stage""; ""Strategies to Use in the End Stage""; ""Appendix: Overview of Employment Law""; ""Part II - The General Strategies""; ""Chapter 4 - Designing Your Own Model of Faculty Development""; ""How Differentiated Supervision Works""; ""Evaluation of the Differentiated System""; ""Developing a Homegrown Differentiated Model""; ""Chapter 5 - Implementing a Quality Staff ; Development Program for all Teachers""; ""Defining the Concept of Staff Development""""Understanding the Background of Staff Development""; ""Choosing an Appropriate Model of Staff Development""; ""Implementing Staff Development Effectively""; ""Putting it all Together""; ""A Final Note""; ""Part III - The Specific Approaches""; ""Chapter 6 - Developing a Quality Induction Program for New Teachers""; ""Importance of Induction Programs""; ""Organizational Structures Needed""; ""Special Needs of New Teachers""; ""Features of Effective Induction Programs""; ""Services Provided""; ""Use of Technology""; ""Evaluation of Induction Programs""""A Final Note""; ""Chapter 7 - Working with Marginal Teachers""; ""Defining the Term and Identifying the Marginal Teacher""; ""Developing the Marginal Teacher""; ""Evaluating the Marginal Teacher""; ""Making a Final Decision""; ""Helping Marginal Teachers with Special Problems""; ""A Final Note""; ""Chapter 8 - Using Self-Directed Development with Highly Qualified Teachers""; ""Understanding the Nature of Self-Directed Development""; ""Analyzing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Self-Directed Development""; ""Using Implementation Strategies""; ""Seeing How it Might Operate at the School Level""""Chapter 9 - Using Cooperative Development with Highly Qualified Teachers""; ""A Rationale for Using Teams for the Development of Teachers""; ""A Structure for Cooperative Development""; ""Activities to Help in the Development of Teachers""; ""Cautions to Keep in Mind in Using Teams""; ""Chapter 10 - Working with Mentors to Develop Highly Qualified Teachers""; ""Understanding the Nature of Mentoring""; ""Selecting Mentors""; ""Training Mentors""; ""Identifying Mentor Functions""; ""Solving Mentor Problems""; ""Chapter 11 - Using Curriculum Development as Faculty Development""
• Sommario/riassunto: <p class=""msonormal"" style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"">This handbook clearly explains the concept of ""highly qualified teachers"" as described by No Child Left Behind, and discusses how to recruit, develop, and retain such teachers.