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Harnessing the Power of Collective Teacher Efficacy
A Five-Step Process for Developing Strong Teams in a PLC at Work®
Discover how to build the collective efficacy of teacher teams through the five-step research-supported process of CLEAR: clarify, listen, explore, activate, and review. Using this book’s practical strategies, user-friendly tools, and example scenarios, leaders and coaches can learn to clarify purpose, listen to teachers, explore best practices, activate new knowledge, and review results. Harness the power of collective teacher efficacy.
Benefits
- Clarify the why, what, and how
- Listen to teachers’ questions and fears
- Explore best practices and proven processes through example scenarios
- Activate new learning through coaching
- Review results and celebrate achievements
- Learn the research behind collective teacher efficacy
- Understand the CLEAR process from multiple perspectives
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Power and Promise of Collective Teacher Efficacy
Chapter 2: How to Build Collective Teacher Efficacy Through the CLEAR Process
Chapter 3: Step 1 of the CLEAR Process—Clarify the Why, the What, and the How
Chapter 4: Step 2 of the CLEAR Process—Listen to Teachers’ Fears, Anxieties, Questions, and Concerns
Chapter 5: Step 3 of the CLEAR Process—Explore Examples, Models, Best Practices, and Proven Processes
Chapter 6: Step 4 of the CLEAR Process—Activate New Learning Through Coaching, Practice, and Implementation
Chapter 7: Step 5 of the CLEAR Process—Review Results, Celebrate Growth, and Set New Targets
Chapter 8: How to Put It All Together
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Chapter 2: How to Build Collective Teacher Efficacy Through the CLEAR Process
Chapter 4: Step 2 of the CLEAR Process—Listen to Teachers’ Fears, Anxieties, Questions, and Concerns
- Figure 4.2: Version One of Four-Square Activity to Gather Staff Reaction to the Why, What, and How
- Figure 4.3: Version Two of Four-Square Activity to Gather Staff Reaction to the Why, What, and How
- Figure 4.4: Example of Teacher and Team Survey With Top Section Completed
Chapter 5: Step 3 of the CLEAR Process—Explore Examples, Models, Best Practices, and Proven Processes
- Figure 5.2: The Top Ten Tasks of Teams in a PLC—Team Reflection Tool
- Figure 5.4: Coach’s Planner for Organizing a Consulting or Observation Session
Chapter 6: Step 4 of the CLEAR Process—Activate New Learning Through Coaching, Practice, and Implementation
- Figure 6.8: Coach’s Social Persuasion Self-Assessment—Expertise, Credibility, and Relationships
- Figure 6.9: Effective Social Persuasion Practice Self-Assessment Tool—Coaching Practices
Appendix
- The Five Steps of the CLEAR Process
- Tools and Resources for Step 1 of the CLEAR Process
- Coach’s Planner for Step 1 of the CLEAR Process: Clarify the Why, the What, and the How
- Coach’s Planner for Step 2 of the CLEAR Process: Listen to Teachers’ Fears, Anxieties, Questions, and Concerns
- Coach’s Planner for Step 3 of the CLEAR Process: Explore Examples, Models, Best Practices, and Proven Processes
- Coach’s Planner for Step 4 of the CLEAR Process: Activate New Learning Through Coaching, Practice, and Implementation
- Coach’s Planner for Step 5 of the CLEAR Process: Review Results, Celebrate Growth, and Set New Targets
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