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The Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy Playbook, Grades K-12
By: Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Dominique Smith
- Grade Level: PreK-12
- ISBN: 9781071812549
- Published By: Corwin
- Series: Corwin Literacy
- Year: 2020
- Page Count: 280
- Publication date: April 23, 2020
Price: $32.95
For Instructors
Description
Explore the powerful synergy between your credibility with students and your collective efficacy as a member of a team.
What’s the connection between teacher credibility and collective efficacy in schools? Highly credible teachers can’t reach their full potential without engagement in a collective of other teachers. And collective efficacy is difficult to achieve when teachers are not credible with their students.
The Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy Playbook illuminates the connection between teacher credibility and collective efficacy and offers actions educators can take to improve both. When you increase your credibility with students, student motivation rises. And when you have evidence of your ability to impact student learning, and partner with other teachers to achieve this, your students learn more.
A one-stop resource for educators intent on improving teacher practice, this powerful guide includes:
- Specific actions teachers can take to become more trustworthy, competent, dynamic, and responsive in the eyes of students, and more confident impacting learning as a member of a team
- Coaching videos from the authors that outline key concepts, share thinking and experiences, and challenge teachers to take steps to build credibility and collective efficacy
- Tools for teams to use to polish their collective effectiveness through better communication and problem-solving
- Reflective writing prompts, pause and ponder tasks, self-assessments, and data collection tools that help teachers grow professionally
Jumpstart learning and achievement in your classroom and school by increasing your credibility with students and the collective efficacy of the team of educators at your school.
Author(s)
Douglas Fisher
Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Doug was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is the recipient of an International Reading Association William S. Grey citation of merit and an Exemplary Leader award from the Conference on English Leadership of NCTE. He has published numerous articles on teaching and learning as well as books such as The Teacher Clarity Playbook, PLC+, Visible Learning for Literacy, Comprehension: The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading, How Tutoring Works, and How Learning Works. Doug loves being an educator and hopes to share that passion with others.
Nancy Frey
Dominique Smith
Dominique Smith, Ed.D. is Chief of Educational Services and Teacher Support at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, CA. He is passionate about creating school cultures that honor students and build their confidence and competence. Smith's major area of research and instruction focuses on restorative practices, classroom management, growth mindset, and the culture of achievement. In addition to his school leadership responsibilities, Smith provides professional learning to K–12 teachers in groups large and small, on many topics that address classroom and school climate and organization. He is a regular presenter at many conferences, including Empower (ASCD's annual conference). Smith holds his doctorate in Educational Leadership from San Diego State University with a focus on equity and a Master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California. He also holds credentials from San Diego State University in administrative services, child welfare, PPS, and attendance. He is the winner of the National School Safety Award from the School Safety Advocacy Council. He delivered a TED Talk in 2018 about building relationships between students and teachers.
Table of Contents
List of Videos
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Linking Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy
Teacher Credibility
Collective Teacher Efficacy
When Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy Collide
When Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy Thrive
The Long-Term Implications of Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy
A Chain Is as Strong as Its Weakest Link
The Organization of This Book
Chapter 1: Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy
What Students Remember
Teacher Credibility Defined
Collective Teacher Efficacy
Dimensions of Collective Efficacy
Concluding Thoughts About Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy
Chapter 2: Trust
Creating and Maintaining Trust With Students
Trust Defined
A Measurement of Trust
Use Trust Data to Take Action
Regain Trust When It Has Been Damaged
Use Trust to Build Teacher-Student Relationships
Six Easy Actions for Building Teacher-Student Relationships
Collective Efficacy and Trust
Concluding Thoughts About Trust
Chapter 3: Competence
Demonstrating Competence in Your Subject and Your Teaching
Competence Defined
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Gradual Release of Responsibility Defined
Focused Instruction in Practice
Collaborative Learning in Practice
Guided Instruction in Practice
Independent Learning in Practice
Collective Efficacy and Competence
Concluding Thoughts About Competence
Chapter 4: Dynamism
Harnessing the Power of Dynamism
Dynamism Defined
Dynamism Through Enthusiasm
Dynamism Through Immersion in the Subject
Dynamism Through Creative and Innovative Approaches
Dynamism Through Teacher as Learner
Student Perspectives on Relevant Learning Experiences
Increasing Relevance for Students
Boring Independent Tasks
Visuals and Presentations
Collective Efficacy and Dynamism
Concluding Thoughts About Dynamism
Chapter 5: Immediacy
Attending to Immediacy
Immediacy Defined
Measuring Immediacy
Optimizing Your Immediacy
Proximity
Vulnerability
The Power of Touch
Immediacy and Collective Efficacy
Concluding Thoughts About Immediacy
Chapter 6: Collective Efficacy Skills
Building Collective Efficacy
Supportive Structures for Building Collective Efficacy
Communication Tools Build Collective Efficacy
Pausing
Paraphrasing
Posing Questions
Providing Data
Putting Ideas on the Table
Pay Attention to Self and Others
Presume Positive Intentions
Collective Efficacy and Relational Trust
A Measure of Faculty Trust
When Trust Is Broken
Concluding Thoughts About Collective Efficacy Skills
Chapter 7: Collective Efficacy in Action
Collective Effort and Collaboration
Collective Responsibility + Action = Collective Efficacy
Set Collective Efficacy Into Motion
Learning Walks
Microteaching
Assignment Analysis
A Model for Collective Efficacy in Action
Leadership Sustains Collective Efficacy and Teacher Credibility Efforts
Concluding Thoughts About Collective Efficacy in Action
References
Index