They also highlight the qualities of leadership to support staff development, examine strategies for working with adult learners, and identify factors that motivate or prevent change. Avenue, W. Lynnwood, WA 98036. Their work cannot be controlled by rules, even though it must be governed by standards. Comments from teachers are used liberally to illustrate research-based concepts. The new consensus, the authors report, calls for collegial opportunities for staff learning linked to actual student performance.
Stories tend to focus on schools that are using interactive media to enliven the learning process.
Professional development of teachers is also a consistent theme. Recent issues, for instance, have focused on teachers who serve as technology mentors for their colleagues, a university partnership project to train new teachers in San Francisco public schools, and personal reflections from a leading education expert about the principal who helped her survive her first year in the classroom a quarter-century ago. Resource listings steer teachers toward help available in print, audio, video, and multimedia formats. Print subscriptions are available at no charge. Written by Emily Hassel and published by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, the toolkit-style booklet distills best practices from the first 20 winners of the U.S. Department of Education award.