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Authors: P. Gayle Andrews (Editor), Vincent A. Anfara
ISBN-13: 9781593110871, ISBN-10: 1593110871
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Date Published: September 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: P. Gayle Andrews

Book Synopsis

	Leaders for a Movement: An Introduction to the Professional Preparation and Development of Middle Level Teachers and Administrators
1	Middle Level Teacher Preparation: Status, Progress, and Challenges	3
2	When Puberty Defines Middle School Students: Challenging Secondary Education Majors' Perceptions of Middle Level Students, Schools, and Teaching	27
3	Preparing Middle Level Teachers in Field-based Cohorts	53
4	Approaching and Avoiding the Middle: Teacher Preparation in New Zealand	77
5	Professional Development and the Middle Level School: Tangled Threads	99
6	Effective Professional Development: What Is It?	123
7	Professional Development for Middle Grades Teachers: Does One Size Fit All?	145
8	National Board Certification as Staff Development: A Teacher's Perspective	163
9	Leadership Standards or Leaving Standardization for Leadership? What Best Meets the Needs of a Middle Level Movement During Times of Severe Turbulence?	179
10	Voices from the Middle: Pre-service Preparation and Professional Development of Middle School Principals	203
11	Support for New and Experienced Middle Level Principals: A Proposed Model for Professional Development	223
12	Developing Distributed Leadership in the Middle Grades: Lessons from School Self-Assessment	249
13	Leadership for Results	271
14	Leadership Self-Efficacy: Beginning an Inquiry into the Development and Impact of Middle School Principal Leadership	299
15	A Constructivist Approach to Developing Transformational Urban School Leaders	323
16	Stranger in a Strange Land: School Culture, Theory, and Practice	343
17	Early Adolescent Developmental Psychology Syllabus	365
18	Elementary and Middle School Curriculum	377
19	Teacher Preparation, Licensure, and Recruitment	385
20	Guidelines for Observation and Participation in the Classroom	395
21	Turning Points: Some Questions to Ask	403
22	Using Structure Interviews to Facilitate Reflection and Systematic School Improvement	409
23	Eastern Kentucky University's Middle Grades Methods	415
24	Middle Grades Master Teacher Interview Guide	431
25	Tomorrow's Teachers Today: A Symposium on Middle Level Teacher Preparation: Summary Session - A Professional Development Technique	435
26	Middle Level Teacher Education Questionnaire	441
27	Kimo's Not-So-Excellent Day in Intermediate School: A Parable about Life in Traditional Middle Level Schools	453
	About the Authors	459
	Index	467

Subjects

Education & Teaching

Educational Levels & Settings

Middle School Education
Education & Teaching

Middle School Education

Middle school teaching
Education & Teaching

Teaching & Teacher Training

Teaching - Teacher Training

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