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""Action research is the process through which teachers collaborate in evaluating their practice jointly; raise awareness of their personal theory; articulate a shared conception of values; try out new strategies to render the values expressed in their practice more consistent with the educational values they espouse; record their work in a form which is readily available to and understandable by other teachers; and thus develop a shared theory of teaching by researching practice." - John Elliott"

"Based on APA Publication Manual, 6th Edition, 2009 "

"Empowering questions can help coaches identify a teacher's agenda - what is important to the teacher. Empowering questions reveal a teacher's value system and help the coach understand what makes the teacher tick. Coaches develop credibility when their feedback continually relates to what an individual teacher values. "

This is a post on coaching, but could be useful for supervisors as well.

"Listening to Student Voices is a toolkit for K - 12 educational leaders and school-based teams interested in including students in continuous school improvement."

Offers powerpoint slides for every chapter

Totally Awesome!!

"The Framework for Teaching is a research-based set of components of instruction, aligned to the INTASC standards, and grounded in a constructivist view of learning and teaching. In this framework, the complex activity of teaching is divided into 22 components (and 76 smaller elements) clustered into four domains of teaching responsibility"

from the Maryland State Department of Education

The ISTE Classroom Observation Tool (ICOT®) is a FREE online tool that provides a set of questions to guide classroom observations of a number of key components of technology integration.

This is an excellent tool for classroom observation if you want to focus on technology integration. You can either fill it out online, or print out the template. Very useful and very appropriate for JHUISTE program, best of both worlds!

"The Keirsey Temperament Sorter®-II (KTS®-II) is the most widely used personality instrument in the world. It is a powerful 70 question personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type."

a powerpoint presentation

A short, edited video of a teacher observation post-conference

Thoughtful arrangement of the indoor and outdoor environments will support your learning goals for students.This tool provides an opportunity for experimentation with the layout of your classroom without any heavy lifting!

Thoughtful arrangement of the indoor and outdoor environments will support your learning goals for students.This tool provides an opportunity for experimentation with the layout of your classroom without any heavy lifting!

News article about collaborative planning time for teachers.

Maryland's Teacher Professional Development Standards are intended to guide efforts to improve professional development for all teachers. These standards call on teachers, principals and other school leaders, district leaders and staff, the Maryland State Department of Education, institutions of higher education, and cultural institutions and organizations1 across the state to work together to ensure that professional development is of the highest quality and readily accessible to all teachers.