December 2010/January 2011 | Volume 68 | Number 4

The Effective Educator

Feature Articles

Perspectives / Teacher Effectiveness: Getting the Whole Picture

Marge Scherer

Listen here.

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Double Take

Reviews, research, and relevant reads.

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Measuring Effectiveness: What Will It Take?

Circe Stumbo and Peter McWalters

The new emphasis on examining teacher performance presents potential benefits—and big challenges.

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Raising Teacher Quality Around the World

Vivien Stewart

What can nations learn from one another about attracting and retaining talented teachers?

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Notes from an Accidental Teacher

Carol Ann Tomlinson

On her journey to become a teacher, this educator found that five professional practices led her home.

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Leadership, Not Magic

Steven Farr

A close-up look at the Teach For America teachers who are closing achievement gaps.

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Evaluations That Help Teachers Learn

Charlotte Danielson

Meaningful conversations about practice must replace peremptory checklists.

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Teaching Skillful Teaching

Deborah Loewenberg Ball and Francesca M. Forzani

A teacher education model focuses on high-leverage teaching practices that affect student learning.

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The Flexible Teacher

Leila Christenbury

Context counts, as this educator learns when her class does not behave as she expected.

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Spend Money Like It Matters

Frederick M. Hess

Merit pay must be more than a gimmick if it is to improve the teaching profession.

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Merit Pay Misfires

Al Ramirez

Why bonuses tied to student test scores will produce measurement, morale, and motivation problems.

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A Week of Observations

Jenne Colasacco

A principal at a small school finds a way to add depth to the evaluation process.

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Inspired Responses

Carol Frederick Steele

Interpreting events in progress is at the heart of inspired teaching.

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Once a Struggling Student…

Sara Fry and Kim DeWit

Forty-six teachers tell what they learned about teaching from having faced difficulties as students.

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What Makes a Great Teacher?

Educators name the one characteristic of good teaching that they believe is essential.

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Departments

Book Review

Dina Strasser

Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov

Thumbs up for the strategies, but ambivalence about some of the assumptions.

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Research Says. . . / Good Teachers May Not Fit the Mold

Bryan Goodwin

Good teachers possess a few quantifiable attributes—and several intangible ones.

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Art & Science of Teaching / What Teachers Gain from Deliberate Practice

Robert J. Marzano

A strategy for honing expertise.

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Digitally Speaking / Using Social Media to Reach Your Community

William M. Ferriter

How to share news, celebrate victories, and answer questions about your school.

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Principal Connection / Values Worth Adding

Thomas R. Hoerr

Everyone should aim to get better every year.

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ASCD Community in Action

News and resources from ASCD.

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Among Colleagues / How Can We Make Time to Meet Students' Emotional Needs?

Question contributed by Michelle Neely. Responses in print and online by 2010 ASCD Scholars Patsy Pouiller, Lori Mora, Joanne Eliuk, James Han, and Andre Potvin.

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A More Complete Evaluation

Etta Kralovec

The teacher's rubrics and discussion guides as well as student questionnaires add to a well-rounded view of what happens in a classroom.

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From Critic to Catalyst

Kristen E. Reed, Catherine Miles Grant, Lynn T. Goldsmith and Loretta Heuer

How to reframe supervision as collaborative inquiry.

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The Power of Being Heard

Julia Mason Wasson

Beginning teachers find support at Way of Council gatherings.

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EL Study Guide

Teresa Preston

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Inservice Guest Blogger

Leila Christenbury blogs on "Time to Leave the Comfort Zone."

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