CORWIN PRESS INC.

Powerful Stories of Achievement and Equity

By Stefani Arzonetti Hite, Jenni Anne Marie Donohoo

Imprint: CORWIN PRESS INC.

Release Date: May 24, 2021

Format: PAPERBACK

Pages: 184

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Preface About the Authors Chapter 1: Educators' Beliefs Matter A Tale of Two School Improvement Teams With Very Different Outlooks Collective Efficacy Beliefs Efficacy Beliefs Drive Receptiveness to Change The Formation of Efficacy Beliefs Five Enabling Conditions for Collective Teacher Efficacy Conclusion Chapter 2: Goal Consensus The Nature of Goal Consensus The Maine Township Journey Focusing on Adult Learning Overcoming Challenges Evidence of Success How Does Goal Consensus Develop Collective Efficacy? How Can We Support Goal Consensus in Our School or District? Conclusion Chapter 3: Empowered Teachers Teacher Leadership What Is an Instructional Leadership Team? Overcoming Challenges Evidence of Success How Does Empowering Teachers Develop Collective Efficacy? A Leadership Mindset How Can We Empower Teachers in Our School or District? Conclusion Chapter 4: Cohesive Teacher Knowledge Improvement and Change Do Not Follow a Linear Trajectory What Is Opening Classroom Doors? Evidence of Success How Does Cohesive Teacher Knowledge Develop Collective Efficacy? How Can We Use Opening Classroom Doors to Build Cohesive Teacher Knowledge in Our School or District? Conclusion Chapter 5: Embedded Reflective Practices Perceptions Are Critical to Confronting Inequity Introduce Structures and Protocols That Help to Facilitate Reflection Based on Evidence Ensure Teams Use Disaggregated Data and Multiple Measures as Diagnostic and Formative Tools Encourage Experimentation With Evidence-Based Strategies Supporting the Sustained Use of Strategies Conclusion Chapter 6: Supportive Leadership A Leadership Mindset How Do Leaders Shape the Conditions for All to Learn? What Is the Process of "Letting Go"? Creating Opportunities for Informal Leadership Conclusion Chapter 7: Conclusion The Best Time to Plant a Tree Is 200 Years Ago. The Second Best Time Is Today. Afterword: What Collective Belief Does for Communities Appendix A: Positive Consequences of Collective Teacher Efficacy The Relationship Between Collective Teacher Efficacy and Student Results Appendix B: Enabling Conditions for Collective Teacher Efficacy Scale (EC-CTES) Appendix C: The Stakeholder Interview Appendix D: Logic Model Template Appendix E: World Cafe for Revisiting Logic Model Appendix F: Opening Classroom Doors Logistics References Index