The Key to Changing the Teaching Profession

How are schools helping both new and veteran teachers flourish and grow in their careers? What kinds of incentives spur teachers to improve? What new abilities and expectations does the younger generation of teachers bring to the profession? This issue explores how teachers can use action research to improve learning and teaching, offers tips to assist administrators in gaining buy-in for instructional changes that will improve student learning, and suggests many ways that veteran and novice educators can teach and learn from one another.

The May issue of Educational Leadership features "Who's Teaching Our Children?" (PDF) a look at the changing workforce; "No More Valentines," three ways to change evaluation systems; and "Preparing to Teach Digitally," tips for turning into a techie teacher.

What Teachers Do

Andrew B. Watt's blog is great, but "What Teachers Do" particularly caught my interest.

School Administrators Need to Stop Worrying About Data

In this interview, NJ Principal Eric Sheninger gives tips and advice for administrators and teachers on incorporating social media in the classroom. With his passion for technology and social media, he strives to incorporate these into schools and education. ... [more]

5 Essential Traits of 21st Century School Administrators and Leaders

5 Essential Traits of 21st Century School Administrators and Leaders - Mr. Keenan, a high school English teacher from Airdrie, Alberta, and author of Adventures in Teaching and Learning - a blog for 21^st educators, teaches his high school English students using a class set of iPod touches. He discusses some of the traits 21st century school administrators and educational leaders should encompass.

Authentic

Adaptive

Innovative

Lifelong Learner

Dynamic

Student-Centered

Risk-Taker

Teachers are "Different" (1944)

Sure, being a teacher isn't always the easiest path, and one must deal with a host of stereotypes and assumptions—but at least today's new teachers don't face the same personal regulations as teachers once did. Some former educators ... [more]

Quality of a Principal

Research Says

The quality of a principal affects teachers' satisfaction, parents' perceptions about the school, and the academic performance of the school.

Leaders in Education: Five Essential Characteristics

Power and title does not a leader make. By having the power as ‘supervisor’ or boss does not automatically place you on a pedestal as a leader. Leaders motivate ... [more]