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Career Enrichment
This issue of the Teacher Sourcebook looks at professional development in a literal sense, exploring ways teachers can grow and feel greater satisfaction and effectiveness in their careers.
Teacher Coaches Find a Growing Role
Districts are turning to on-site coaches to enhance instruction and improve student achievement.
Support Lacking for New Teachers
Contrary to popular wisdom, new teachers’ biggest job complaint is not low pay.
Wanted: Growth Opportunties
If you think your career is lagging behind your neighbor’s, well, you might be right.
Making Online PD Work
Tips for setting up effective online teacher-learning programs.
Avoid Learning Community Burnout
Tips on keeping professional learning teams energized.
Topping Teacher Anxiety: Parents
Parents are the leading cause of stress for teachers, according to recent research.
Nice Work If You Can Get It ...
Teachers working in refurbished high schools in North Carolina have a greater sense of job satisfaction than their peers in traditional high schools in the state, according to a recent study.
Web Sites To Know
Online resources for teachers looking to deepen their practice and extend their reach.
Features
Embracing Your Practice
Author and 31-year educator Coleen Armstrong says making connections with students and colleagues is the key to a vital teaching career.
Supporting Teachers' Success
Intensive mentoring and staff development in a long-troubled California system is giving educators a chance to succeed.
Career Intelligence
Veteran educators address questions about career opportunities and challenges in teaching.
Research
What Second-Stage Teachers Want
A new research initiative examines the career needs of teachers who've made it beyond the crucial three-year mark.
Empowering Teachers
A researcher seeks teachers' input on how to improve their working environments.
Bookshelf
Selected books on teacher career growth and change.
Databank
Exclusive data on state policies on the teaching profession and teachers' perceptions of their working environments.
Calendar
Professional Development Events
A selection of workshops, seminars, and conferences from April 2008 through December 2008.
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Building Professional Learning Communities
Author-educators Becky DuFour, Rick DuFour, and Anne Jolly took discuss issues surrounding professional learning communities in schools.

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