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Strong Teacher Communities Drive Results PDF Print E-mail
Written by Robert A. Southworth Jr.   
Friday, 03 February 2006
A weak teacher community is often charactarized by isolated teachers who are stuck in the old ways of doing things. A strong teacher community is characterized by teacher collaboration to re-invent practice (McLaughlin & Talbert, 2001). There is a strong connection between what students learn and the sense teachers make of that. There is a strong connection between the change teachers make in their teaching approach and improving student outcomes. The strongest teacher communities agree to change their practice regularly and this drives improved student acheivement results.