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Jennifer S. Dail; Michelle Goodsite; Stephanie Sanders – English Journal, 2018
National Writing Project (NWP) sites work within an established framework of summer institutes, teacher-led professional development, and continuity to cultivate teacher leaders and empower them by applying these principles. Invitational Summer Institutes traditionally serve as the gateway by which teachers become involved with NWP sites and start…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Teacher Empowerment, Faculty Development, State Departments of Education
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Shana V. Hartman – English Journal, 2016
It's lunchtime, and the author is sitting with Abigail, who is the English department chair, and several other teachers in her department during a heated discussion about the latest school mandate: a planning calendar audit. At East High School, a diverse high school on the outskirts of a large metropolitan city in the southeastern United States,…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, High School Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Teacher Persistence
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Amy Lannin; Angela Kohnen; Katie Kline; Nancy Singer; Valorie Stokes; Amy Knowles – English Journal, 2014
As districts continue to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), English language arts (ELA) teachers and content-area teachers may find themselves collaborating in surprising and welcome new ways. The CCSS's emphasis on reading and writing across all content areas provides an opportunity for ELA teachers to emerge as literacy experts in…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Literacy Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Vocational Education
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Bieler, Deborah – English Journal, 2011
As student teachers and new teachers enter the rich, historied culture of their English departments, they are listening and looking intently for cues about how they fit in. Sadly, recent scholarship indicates that many teachers never actually find a satisfactory fit. According to Richard Ingersoll, almost 50% of new teachers quit before they reach…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Student Teachers, Cues, School Culture
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Liebenberg, Emily – English Journal, 2010
In this article, the author describes her induction years in high school teaching, reporting the frustration in lacking a suitably matched mentor, and her determination to attend to her own professional growth. Her story reveals characteristics common among "stayers," those who continue beyond their induction years and thrive for a long time as…
Descriptors: Mentors, Logical Thinking, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers
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Applebee, Arthur – English Journal, 1978
Describes the results of a questionnaire survey of English department heads regarding teaching load and teaching conditions. (DD)
Descriptors: Department Heads, English Departments, National Surveys, Secondary Education
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Zirinsky, Driek; Pierose, Pat C. – English Journal, 1987
Inaugurates a new column addressed to those in language arts leadership positions, particularly the English department chair and the district and state supervisor or consultant, but also other English education administrators. Describes scope of the column and solicits suggestions for articles. Discusses the role of chairs and consultants in…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Department Heads, Elementary Secondary Education
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Nelson, Marylin J. – English Journal, 1987
Describes one method of peer review used by a secondary school department head when asked to evaluate teachers in her department. Visits to individual classrooms included observation and notetaking, a narrative response to each teacher, and a final conference during which each teacher could respond to the narrative. ( NKA)
Descriptors: Department Heads, English Departments, Feedback, Peer Evaluation
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Giannelli, Gary – English Journal, 1985
Recounts the disruptions, conflicts, and general hostility that resulted when the position of English department head was eliminated in an attempt to save money. (RBW)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role
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Robbins, Bruce; Zirinsky, Driek – English Journal, 1996
Examines the formal and informal (noninstitutionalized) leadership roles of teachers, new and veteran, in a successful high school English department. Provides sketches of teachers in the department and then discusses some leadership issues. (TB)
Descriptors: English Departments, English Teachers, Faculty Development, High Schools
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Knudson, Richard L. – English Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Administrators, English Departments, Noninstructional Responsibility, Secondary Schools
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Ross, Frank E. – English Journal, 1971
This article discusses the NCTE's Twenty-three Recommendations for High School Departments of English, suggesting reordering of some and establishment of priorities. Teachers are advised to disseminate these recommendations, and to take the initiative in having them implemented. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, English Departments, High Schools
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Gerlach, Jeanne Marcum – English Journal, 2000
Discusses the many contributions of Rewey Belle Inglis, a secondary English teacher, university English educator, and textbook publisher, as well as first woman president of the National Council of Teachers of English (1929). Discusses her professional credentials, her place in history, her writings (about teaching grammar and literature, teacher…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Trends, English Departments, English Instruction
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Tibbetts, Charlene; Tibbetts, A. M. – English Journal, 1977
Describes the results of a survey of English teachers and their administrators in fifty American high schools regarding college entrance scores. (DD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Research, English Departments
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English Journal, 1989
Presents seven high school teachers' descriptions of how cooperation and communication among English teachers is promoted in their departments/school districts. (MM)
Descriptors: Cooperation, English Departments, High Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
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