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Killion, Joellen – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
In this article, Joellen Killion highlights the methodology, analysis, findings, and limitations of Ronfeldt, M., Farmer, S., McQueen, K., & Grissom, J. (2015), "Teacher collaboration in instructional teams and student achievement," "American Educational Research Journal," 52(3), 475-514. Using sophisticated statistical…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teamwork, Teacher Collaboration, Educational Quality
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Pham, Kathleen; Heinemann, Amanda – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
What is--or should be--the purpose of a teacher evaluation system? To compare teachers? To inform the public? To help teachers improve? Legislators might say that a teacher evaluation system's purpose is to remove bad teachers. Administrators might say that it is to assist them in matching teacher skills to specific groups of students. Parents…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Faculty Development, Peer Evaluation, Evaluators
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Armstrong, Anthony – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
In a private room at the back of a busy restaurant just outside of Tampa, Florida, drinks and appetizers went unnoticed as 12 diners sat around one large table and engaged in multiple rapid-fire conversations about professional learning. On one side of each conversation were representatives of Memphis (Tennessee) City Schools. The district was in…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Change, Mentors, Teacher Role