Research Link Page for Early Release Proposal

The following is a list of Internet sites to help provide information on the effectiveness of teacher collaboration, how staff development should be a part of the school day and how on-going assessments of lesson effectiveness and student achievement should be continuous throughout the school year. There are also links to some of the school systems that are using an early release model.

School using early release

http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/wested/view/sdp/3

http://www.snoqualmie.k12.wa.us/

http://schoolguide.seattletimes.nwsource.com/schoolprofile.cfm?profileID=4300MLE

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/ Montgomery County, MD

http://www.fcps.edu/index.htm Fairfax County, VA

http://www.bsd405.org/ Bellevue School District, Wash. Click on “our schools” at the bottom and then click on “start/dismissal times” on the left.

Research on Teacher Collaboration

http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/results/res11-99spar.cfm Using lesson study to improve teaching

http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/results/res11-99rich.cfm World-class learning - Making the best even better

http://www.partnership4learning.org/pdf/MIW_12-02.pdf Making it work – Teacher collaboration

http://www.educationcentral.org/FeatureArticle35.asp Duvall County, Jacksonville, FL

http://www.teachnet.org/TNPI/research/growth/becker.htm Peer coaching

http://www.teachnet.org/TNPI/research/growth/becker.htm Person County, NC

http://www.8j.net/updates/051104.pdf schedule is 7:55-12:15 on Wednesdays

http://www.nas.edu/rise/backg4b.htm Choose effective approaches to staff development

http://www.ncrel.org/toolbelt/tutor/tutor3.htm Collaboration and reflection

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/94-4over.htm Professional Development - Changing Times

http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/stiggins203.cfm Teams

http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/murphy202.cfm Use Time for Faculty Study by Carlene Murphy

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/support/improvement/pl_effective_development.pdf Georgia Performance Standards – Effectiveness Literature and Research-based Practices

Other resources used:

Chrispeels, J. (Jan. 2002). The California Center for Effective Schools: The Oxnard

School District Partnership. Phi Delta Kappan, p. 386.

Goldenberg, C. & Gallimore. R. (1991). Changing teaching takes more than a one-shot

workshop. Educational Leadership, 69.

O’Neil, J. Self-Renewing Schools. On Schools as Learning Organizations: A

conversation with Peter Senge, 52(7), April 1995.

Raywid, M. (1993). Finding time for collaboration. Educational Leadership, 30.

Sparks, G., Nowakwoski, M., Hall, B., Alec, R., & Imrick, J. (1985). School improvement through staff development. Educational Leadership, 59.

Sparks, D. (2003). Creative engagement. Transformational Professional Learning. Available Online: www.nsdc.org/library/tpl.html