Description
Develop a teacher network or grow an existing one to support new teachers, reduce teacher isolation, increase retention rates, enhance professional practice, and nurture teacher leaders.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Stephanie Hirsh
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
1. The Case for Networks
What Joining TNLI Did for Our Work
Why Form a Network?
Concluding Thoughts
2. Creating a Vision
Naming the Problem
Envisioning the Future
Speaking With One Voice
What You Can Do--The Future Is Now
3. Finding a Voice
The Journey Begins
Seeing Teachers as the Solution, Not the Problem
Charting the Course
Managing a Network
4. Raising Your Voice
The Journey Continues
Managing a Growing Network
5. Making a Difference
A Menu of Activities
Why Teachers Like to Do Action Research
Feedback: How Do You Know You Are Making a Difference?
6. Where Do We Go From Here?
A Need for Change
The Future of Teaching
Appendices
TNLI Recommended Reading List
References
Index
