Teacher hardcover book

New this follow-up to Effective Teacher Induction and Mentoring, Michael Strong tackles the major issues surrounding teacher quality and effectiveness. The Highly Qualified Teacher provides an accessible overview of the research related to teacher quality, and introduces a new method for evaluating teachers based on extensive fieldwork in schools. This timely work clarifies the different definitions of teacher quality and distinguishes between good teaching and successful teaching. Strong thoroughly examines the empirical evidence responsible for identifying the qualities associated with positive student outcomes, including observational measures that are able to predict a teacher’s ability to raise student achievement in mathematics. This comprehensive, up-to-date volume is essential reading for students of education, as well as school administrators, educational policy specialists, and anyone wrestling with the federal mandate to provide a highly qualified teacher in every classroom. “An important resource for teacher educators and for others interested in advancing the study of teacher quality and teacher effectiveness.” —Sandra J. Odell, editor, Journal of Teacher Education “This work may change the way we approach teacher evaluation.” —Richard M. Ingersoll, University of Pennsylvania “Strong’s timely book is a truly major contribution to our understanding of teacher quality. He blows away the fog, illuminates the rough contours of what is visible.