Common planning time in middle level schools
Subtitle: research studies from the MLER SIG's national project
By: edited by Steven B. Mertens, Illinois State University, Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., The University of Tennessee, Micki M. Caskey, Portland State University, and Nancy Flowers, University of Illinois
Series: The handbook of research in middle level education
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charlotte, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9781623961022; 9781623961039; 9781623961046
Subjects: Middle school teaching; Curriculum planning; Interdisciplinary approach in education
Table of contents: title: The history and development of the MLER SIG's national middle grades research project on common planning time / Steven B. Mertens, Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Micki M. Caskey, and Nancy Flowers; title: Common planning time: a review of literature / Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Nancy Flowers, Micki M. Caskey, and Steven B. Mertens; title: Common planning time: benefits and barriers / Stacy Duffield; title: Comparison of teacher's perceptions of perceived barriers regarding the implementation of common planning time at two middle schools / Dana Pomykal Franz, Nicole L. Thompson, and Nicole C. Miller; title: Components of school culture that enhance the effective use of common planning time in two high-performing middle schools / Shawn A. Faulkner and Christopher M. Cook; title: Social capital and common planning time / Deb Pattee; title: The benefits and drawbacks of common planning time for interdisciplinary team teachers: a new look in the era of No Child Left Behind / Marilyn J. Taylor; title: A case study of effective common planning time and its positive outcomes / Molly Mee; title: Lessons learned: a case of one teacher's common planning time experience / Ellis Hurd; title: Reading challenges for middle grade teams: literacy's place in common planning time discussions / Francine Falk-Ross; title: Teachers' perceptions of Common planning time: a qualitative analysis of the national middle grades research project / Vincent A. Anfara, Jr. and Micki M. Caskey; title: Structure and activities during common planning time: a portrait of two middle schools / Pam S. Angelle and Cherie E. Gaines; title: The reported use of common planning time in high-performing middle level schools / Christopher M. Cook, Lenore J. Kinne, and Shawn A. Faulkner; title: Common planning time in Oregon middle schools: an endangered model / Jan M. Carpenter, P. Maureen Musser, Linda L. Samek, and Micki M. Caskey; title: The implementation and use of middle level common planning time: a study of four middle schools / Steven B. Mertens, Ellis Hurd, and Keith Tilford; title: Teachers' use and implementation of common planning time: a quantitative analysis of the national middle grades research project / Nancy Flowers and Steven B. Mertens; title: Conclusions: common planning time project findings and future steps / Micki M. Caskey, Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Steven B. Mertens, and Nancy Flowers.