Connecting Teaching and Learning History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology

by Rosselli, Hilda; Girod, Mark; Brodsky, Meredith; Beghetto, Ronald A.; Buchanan, Karen S.; Buckner, Barbara Chesler; Calhoun, Diane S.; Dahlem, Kyle; Denner, Peter; Elliott, Emerson J.; Evans, C Samuel; Fredman, Tracy; French, Russell L.; Girod, Gerald; Gi

• ISBN13: 9781442204584
• ISBN10: 1442204583
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning. Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method of quantifying the complex set of tasks that comprise effective teaching and documenting the effectiveness of preservice teachers' impact on student learning. Hilda Rosselli, Mark Girod, and Meredith Brodsky, editors of Connecting Teaching, and Learning, have assembled case studies from ten universities and insights from key policy leaders. Now implemented in more than 200 colleges and universities across the country as well as in Scotland and Chile, a preponderance of new evidence is evolving from the use of Teacher Work Samples in various venues that is expanding the field's knowledge in areas of practice, research, and policy. This volume also includes a chapter by the forerunner of Teacher Work Sample theory, Del Schalock, with his thoughts about remaining theory development needed to effectively link teacher preparation and student learning. Furthermore, Connecting Teaching, and Learning provides practical advice on implementing Teacher Work Samples and is a must-have resource for all educators alike.

Author Biography

Hilda Rosselli is dean of the college of education at Western Oregon University. Mark Girod is chair of the division of teacher education and an associate professor at Western Oregon University. Meredith Brodsky served as professor, director of clinical services, dean of the college of education at Western Oregon University, and the director of Teaching Research Institute.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
Context and Evolution
Teacher Work Sample Methodology at Western Oregon University	p. 1
Practice
Answering the Call: How Do We Know They Can Teach?	p. 27
The Development, Implementation, and Institutionalization of the Renaissance Teacher Work Sample Model	p. 37
Preparing Principals to Use the Teacher Work Sample in Their Schools	p. 57
Connecting Teaching and Learning: Teacher Work Samples in a University-School Partnership Context	p. 71
Practicing Connecting Teaching and Learning Using the Cook School District Simulation	p. 83
Sowing the Seeds of Multi-institutional Collaborative Research: A Case Study	p. 93
Research
Using TWS Methodology to Establish Credible Evidence for Quality Teacher Preparation	p. 103
Generalizability of Teacher Work Samples across Occasions of Development: A Research Caste Study	p. 115
Research on First- and Second-Year Teachers Using the TWSM and Pathwise Observation Form B	p. 127
Contextualizing the Teacher Work Sample: An Evolving Early Childhood Perspective	p. 139
Using Teacher Work Sample Data for Program Improvement	p. 149
Policy
"Student Learning" in Accreditation	p. 163
Teacher Work Samples in Louisiana's Teacher Assistance and Assessment Program	p. 173
The Performance Assessment for California Teachers: A Policy Case Study of Teacher Work Sampling	p. 187
Reflections
Connecting Teaching, Teacher Preparation, and Student Learning: Education's Equivalent in Theory Development and Research to Biology's Genome Agenda	p. 211
Notes	p. 225
	p. 229
	p. 233
	p. 237
	p. 241
Index	p. 249
About the Contributors	p. 261
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