The Transparent Teacher--Win It!

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I received a wonderful book from the one of the largest publishers in the United     States, Jossey-Bass, to review. The book is  called The Transparent Teacher       by Dr. Trent Kaufman and Emily Graham.  The book is all about taking charge of     instruction in your own classroom and having others collect data about how you      teach.  It encourages the 'lone wolf teacher' to be brave and bring other teachers   into the classroom instead of relying  on administrators' advice. In this type of       scenario, the administrator is no longer making decisions about tenure                     independently or assigning grade level placement for the next year depending on    just those one or two snapshots of the classroom during random visitation or that   wonderful 'dog and pony show' that we have all put together before to impress our bosses. Once the data is collected, your team meets to discus  the teaching         methods and strategies used to teach the lesson that was observed. The book is set up to teach you how to direct your own observations and then choose the professional development that is best for you, rather than depend on the one size fits all approach to professional development that most school systems offer.





I found one of the quotes by one of the authors, Dr. Kaufman, interesting. He said,  "When professional learning opportunities exist outside of the teacher's own           classroom, the teacher encounters the challenge of transferring learning from a        training session to the classroom."  I hadn't really thought about that being a         challenge...but  it is...how often have we all been in training that we never used      because we were overwhelmed in the   classroom.  I think these 2 authors have a   great idea.  If this is something you would like to learn more about, just enter to     win!

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