in-service training

Contains twenty-six articles in which men and women from within the teaching profession explore the questions of what attracts good teachers and keeps them in the profession, and what makes schools better places for students to learn and for teachers to work.

Explains how to change a school into a true "community of learners" in which teachers work together to keep themselves constantly learning and, thereby, help students learn; provides guidance, case studies, activities, and group-work tools.

Contains a concise guide to skill building for educators and offers developmental strategies on mentoring, journal writing, peer-to-peer coaching, and seminars.

Explores how coaching programs can help teachers increase their skills, effectiveness, and student learning, outlines the coaching process, and explains how to develop effective coaching programs in the school setting.

Explains the whole-faculty study group process as an approach to school reform, discussing the role of the principal, the developmental stages of study groups, and other topics, and looking at why the process is so successful when properly applied. Includes forms, action plans, logs, activities, and other resources.

Wendy Kopp discusses how she created Teach for America, a program which sends talented young teachers to the neediest urban areas in the United States to educate disadvantaged children.

Discusses planning and performing staff evaluations and evaluating staff development programs in order to improve staff training and overall student achievement.