Teacher collaboration model boosts performance
The practice of teachers observing teachers is part of the Teacher Peer Excellence Group, or TPEG, now in its second year at the school in Collierville, a community of 44,000 people near Memphis.
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Opinion: To better educate students, teachers need time for learning
In an op-ed, a National Board Certified teacher writes that he doesn’t get adequate time in the school day and year to share ideas with other teachers and offers ideas for creating more learning opportunities so that educators can perfect their craft.
Report highlights impact of more time for teacher collaboration
More hours in the school day for teachers as well as students can lead to improved academic achievement, according to a new report that studies 17 schools across the nation that give teachers more time for collaboration and professional development. The average American teacher spends about seven hours of the workweek outside the classroom, according to “Rethinking Teacher Time,” a report by the National Center on Time and Learning.
District schools try to create common planning time
Understaffing and contractual issues can get in the way, but schools in Philadelphia are managing to find ways to bring teachers together to plan and coordinate.