Professional Learning
Design Opportunities for Teachers to Collaborate through Reading, Writing, and Response
Summary:
Designed for site leaders who are interested in putting together a writing group, a study group, or other teacher-to-teacher response group, this set of resources tell stories of teacher-to-teacher collaborations, provide bibliographies of resources for writing retreats, and offer ideas about how to use technology to support such groups.- Reflections on an Online Teachers Writing Group
- Enabling Communities and Collaborative Responses to Teaching Demonstrations
- Planning for Study Groups: An Advanced Institute at the NWP in Vermont
- A Teacher Inquiry Study Group Focuses on Racism and Homophobia
- Mentoring New Teachers: Dinner Table Discussions
This post is part of the NWP Social Practices: Collaborate collection.
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