Chapter 1: The Imperative for Professional Collaboration Chapter 2: Collaborating with Purpose for Equity and Excellence Chapter 3: Collaborating with Professionalism and Coherence Chapter 4: Collaborating for Deep Learning Chapter 5: Collaborating with Shifting Policies Chapter 6: Collaborating through Conflict Chapter 7: Leading Professional Collaboration
Amanda Datnow is Professor in the Department of Education Studies and Associate Dean of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego.
Vicki Park is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University.
‘By studying four schools in four districts as they deal with both
inside and outside pressures to improve teaching and learning, we
learn the authentic challenges, as well as the needed conditions
for building professional collaboration. Datnow and Park do an
excellent job in teaching us how, and in what ways, schools cope,
build and work on supporting what it takes to sustain shared goals,
shared beliefs and a shared work ethic. This is a must read!’—Ann
Lieberman, Senior Scholar at Stanford University‘Amanda Datnow and
Vicki Park supply a vivid, detailed account of teacher
collaborations that are propelled by teachers’ own commitments to
equity and excellence and that are informed by data that the
teachers find relevant and meaningful. This book is the welcome
result of in-depth studies of data use and teacher collaboration in
elementary schools, further enriched by the authors’ decades of
professional experience with teachers and school leaders. Its
take-away lessons and reflection points will resonate with
teachers, leaders, and others seeking to build and sustain robust
teacher collaboration that benefits children.’— Judith Warren
Little, Carol Liu Professor of Education Policy emerita, Graduate
School of Education, University of California Berkeley'This is an
honest and valuable exploration of the joys and challenges of
genuine and meaningful professional collaboration, with engaging
stories from the everyday world of pressured teachers, helpful
takeaways and opportunities to reflect. Read and discuss it with
your colleagues!'—Louise Stoll, Professor of Professional Learning,
London Centre for Leadership in Learning, University College London
Institute of Education
‘By studying four schools in four districts as they deal with both
inside and outside pressures to improve teaching and learning, we
learn the authentic challenges, as well as the needed conditions
for building professional collaboration. Datnow and Park do an
excellent job in teaching us how, and in what ways, schools cope,
build and work on supporting what it takes to sustain shared goals,
shared beliefs and a shared work ethic. This is a must read!’—Ann
Lieberman, Senior Scholar at Stanford University‘Amanda Datnow and
Vicki Park supply a vivid, detailed account of teacher
collaborations that are propelled by teachers’ own commitments to
equity and excellence and that are informed by data that the
teachers find relevant and meaningful. This book is the welcome
result of in-depth studies of data use and teacher collaboration in
elementary schools, further enriched by the authors’ decades of
professional experience with teachers and school leaders. Its
take-away lessons and reflection points will resonate with
teachers, leaders, and others seeking to build and sustain robust
teacher collaboration that benefits children.’— Judith Warren
Little, Carol Liu Professor of Education Policy emerita, Graduate
School of Education, University of California Berkeley
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