What Every Teacher Should Know About the Profession and Politics of Teaching

The classroom teacher's concise guide to accountability issues in the era of No Child Left Behind ! Quality teaching and quality professional development in today's professional learning community require an insider's up-to-date understanding of accountability to stakeholders. The topics covered in this savvy little guide include: Testing and the move to standards School choice Finding resources Ways to communicate Working with colleagues Being supervised The parent-teacher conference The changing face of education Changing ideas about the teaching process Keeping up as a teaching professional Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary Bibliography and index