Full Description
Rethinking Teaching is based upon one very simple idea - teachers teach people. That very simple idea is expressed as "Teachers as Collaborative Leaders." Teachers wishing to redefine how they work in the classroom must focus on three key ideas:
1) They must build and maintain relationships with and among their students,
2) They must view Content as the foundation for personal learning (not the end product), and
3) When people change (and learn), they get to keep much of what they already know and can do.
Veteran teacher Mickey Kolis provides the background information to implement those three key ideas as well as skills to make them work in the classroom. He also offers a mechanism to manage that change process: a 3 (changes) in 30 (days) model.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Section 1: Collaborative Leadership Explained /Defined
Chapter 1: Why Collaborative Leadership?
Chapter 2: What is "Teacher as Collaborative Leader?"
Chapter 3: What does "Teacher as Collaborative Leader" look like?
Section 2: To Really Change
Chapter 4: Growth toward "Teacher as Collaborative Leader"
Chapter 5: Dispositions First!
Chapter 6: Decision Points
Chapter 7: Leaderful Actions
Chapter 8: 3 Leaderful Actions in 30 Days (3 in 30)
Section 3: Questions First
Chapter 9: Relevant Essential Questions
Chapter 10: 5 Relevant Essential Questions for Content Learning and Nurturing Relationships
Chapter 11: Relevant Essential Question 1: Where are we going?
Chapter 12: Relevant Essential Question 2: Where are we at this moment in time?
Chapter 13: Relevant Essential Question 3: How will we know how we are doing?
Chapter 14: Relevant Essential Question 4: How do we get there?
Chapter 15: Relevant Essential Question 5: What have we learned?
Section 4: Getting Concrete
Chapter 16: TCL Template with Explanations
Chapter 17: Template Examples
Chapter 18: Conclusion
Appendix
