[POD] Teacher Peer Assistance and Review A Practical Guide for Teachers and Administrators

"A very useful compendium of current information and thinking about the new Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) program that we are implementing in California. The practical approach in this guide should assure a wide audience for this pioneering work."

Preface ix
Purpose of the Book ix
Need for the Book x
Intended Audience xi
Unique Features of the Book xi
Scope and Treatment xii
Acknowledgments xii
About the Authors xiv
What Is Teacher Peer Assistance and Review? 1 (25)
Peer Review and the New Unionism 4 (3)
What Is Peer Assistance and Review? 7 (3)
Similarities and Differences Among PAR 10 (1)
Programs
Why Peer Review? 11 (8)
Why Not Peer Review? 19 (4)
PAR Programs: Should We or Shouldn't We? 23 (1)
Where Do We Go From Here and How Will We 24 (2)
Get There?
Ten Essential Questions Before You Begin 26 (23)
What Is the Purpose of the Program? 27 (3)
What Are the Program's Criteria and 30 (3)
Standards?
What Data Need to Be Collected? 33 (2)
How Will the Data Be Connected to Criteria 35 (1)
and Standards?
How Will the Results Be Reported? 36 (1)
What Forms of Assistance Will Be Made 37 (2)
Available to Teachers?
How Will the Results Be Used to Make 39 (1)
Employment Decisions?
How Will the Program Operate? 40 (2)
How Will the Program Be Governed? 42 (2)
How Much Will the Program Cost? 44 (3)
Concluding Comments 47 (2)
Criteria, Standards, and Data 49 (25)
Definition of Key Concepts 50 (11)
Issues to Be Resolved 61 (12)
A Closing Comment 73 (1)
Defining the Roles, Relationships, and 74 (24)
Responsibilities of Key Players
What Are the Purposes of the PAR Program? 75 (3)
Which Teachers Will Be Included in the PAR 78 (5)
Program?
Who Will Assist Participating Teachers? 83 (3)
What Type of Assistance Will Participating 86 (4)
Teachers Receive?
How Are PAR Programs Governed? 90 (2)
How Effective Are PAR Programs? 92 (4)
An Epilogue 96 (2)
Reporting and Using the Results 98 (29)
Preparing Written Reports 98 (12)
Conferencing 110(4)
Ethical Issues: A Postscript 114(1)
Using PAR Results for Improvement 115(8)
Using PAR Results to Remove Teachers 123(2)
A Closing Comment 125(2)
Best Practices 127(22)
The Purposes of PAR Programs 127(2)
The Target Audiences of PAR Programs 129(1)
The Governance of PAR Programs 130(3)
Criteria, Goals, and Standards 133(3)
Data in PAR Programs 136(2)
Consulting Teachers 138(2)
PAR Reports 140(2)
PAR and Professional Development 142(2)
PAR and Continued Employment 144(1)
Funding PAR Programs 145(1)
Dos and Don'ts 145(3)
A Final Comment 148(1)
Resource A: Useful Web Sites 149(1)
Resource B: Sample Rubrics 150(3)
Resource C: Sample Job Description and 153(7)
Application Form for Consulting Teachers
Resource D: Sample Request for Assistance and 160(3)
Recommendation for Intervention
Resource E: Sample NBPTS Standards 163(3)
Resource F: Sample Educational Policy Trust 166(2)
Agreement
References 168(3)
Index 171