in-service training

Presents practical strategies and activities that addresses the issues faced by classroom teachers, supervisors, and principals on a daily basis such as leadership, mentoring, developing professional portfolios, and providing positive learning groups.

Offers mentors, administrators, and teacher educators an overview of the specific issues that impact the mentoring relationship, including age, gender, and culture in the mentoring relationship, new teachers in urban or rural school environments, teachers working with at-risk students, self-mentoring, and more.

Presents practical strategies and activities that addresses the issues faced by classroom teachers, supervisors, and principals on a daily basis such as leadership, mentoring, developing professional portfolios, and providing positive learning groups.

Applies the latest research and theory of personality type, multiple intelligences, experimental learning models, and Mind Styles model to create a differentiated approach for staff development.

"Provides staff developers, teacher leaders, and other professional development leaders with the tools they need to model differentiation as they show teachers and administrators how to successfully implement and maintain differentiated instruction initiatives"--Back cover.

Outlines the characteristics of effective professional learning for educators.

A guide for teachers, principals, and facilitators, to improve teaching and learning with the power of instructional rounds.