Quality instruction is often described as being rigorous, student-centered, and active, but bringing those concepts to life is not always easy for educators. EDC is working with an award-winning filmmaker and production company to create a toolkit that will use video to model strategies that teachers and school leaders can implement in their schools.
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Mark Driscoll and Johannah Nikula presented at the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics annual meeting in Washington D.C.
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Featuring a diverse and distinguished group of scholars, this volume provides a much-needed, research-based analysis of nonsupervisory, school-based, instructional leadership. Frequently referred to as teacher leaders, specialists, or coaches, these new positions have the potential to provide teachers with the skills and knowledge necessary for continued instructional improvement and, ultimately, enhanced student learning.

This article was originally published in the October 2008 issue of Principal Leadership.
It addresses questions related to appropriate balance of coaching and group professional development. The article has been made available with permission of the publisher. Read the complete article.
National Association of Secondary School Principals: Fall 2008

The Fostering Algebraic Thinking Toolkit is a set of professional development materials whose goal is to help mathematics teachers in grades 6-10 learn to identify, describe, and foster algebraic thinking in their students. Underlying the Toolkit is a core belief that good mathematics teaching begins with understanding how mathematics is learned.
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Based on the popular Fostering Geometric Thinking, the Toolkit’s 20 two-hour sessions provide a year’s worth of math professional development for middle and secondary teachers. Its facilitator- and participant-friendly sessions cover the key topics of Fostering Geometric Thinking: geometric properties, transformations, and measurement.
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