Intended for staff development leaders and teacher study groups, this manual is designed for ongoing, interactive inservice. The talent development model explained in the manual encourages the use of a training cycle and the involvement of peer observers and coaches to assure classroom transfer of the questioning processes. Each of the manual's…

This book provides an approach to professional development that moves beyond traditional notions of inservice education and staff development. Collegial coaching is premised on the notion that the impetus for improving instruction originates within individual teachers. There are 16 chapters in three parts. Part 1, "Theory," includes: (1)…