An Assessment of Peer Coaching to Drive Professional Development and Reflective Teaching
Given the competing demands on librarian's time, teaching and instruction are often a professional responsibility experienced in isolation with minimal colleague feedback beyond summative assessment. This article will describe a peer coaching pilot designed to increase teacher reflection, teach...
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Communications in Information Literacy
2011-11-01
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| description | Given the competing demands on librarian's time, teaching and instruction are often a professional responsibility experienced in isolation with minimal colleague feedback beyond summative assessment. This article will describe a peer coaching pilot designed to increase teacher reflection, teacher collaboration, and to indentify future training and professional development needs. The article will report on the program's assessment facilitated by participant surveys. The peer coaching program described offers a model for fostering a community of teachers who are intent on improving and invigorating teaching practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75a375661fe84e7bafb4d78534c056122022-12-22T00:57:51ZengCommunications in Information LiteracyCommunications in Information Literacy1933-59542011-11-015192010.15760/comminfolit.2011.5.1.99An Assessment of Peer Coaching to Drive Professional Development and Reflective TeachingCaroline Sinkinson0University of Colorado at BoulderGiven the competing demands on librarian's time, teaching and instruction are often a professional responsibility experienced in isolation with minimal colleague feedback beyond summative assessment. This article will describe a peer coaching pilot designed to increase teacher reflection, teacher collaboration, and to indentify future training and professional development needs. The article will report on the program's assessment facilitated by participant surveys. The peer coaching program described offers a model for fostering a community of teachers who are intent on improving and invigorating teaching practice.http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/22449peer coaching; reflection; professional development; instruction librarians |
| spellingShingle | Caroline Sinkinson An Assessment of Peer Coaching to Drive Professional Development and Reflective Teaching Communications in Information Literacy peer coaching; reflection; professional development; instruction librarians |
| title | An Assessment of Peer Coaching to Drive Professional Development and Reflective Teaching |
| title_full | An Assessment of Peer Coaching to Drive Professional Development and Reflective Teaching |
| title_fullStr | An Assessment of Peer Coaching to Drive Professional Development and Reflective Teaching |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Assessment of Peer Coaching to Drive Professional Development and Reflective Teaching |
| title_short | An Assessment of Peer Coaching to Drive Professional Development and Reflective Teaching |
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| topic | peer coaching; reflection; professional development; instruction librarians |
| url | http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/22449 |
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