Talk About Teaching!: Leading Professional Conversations

Help teachers improve their practice by holding rewarding professional conversations!

This breakthrough work from renowned educator Charlotte Danielson helps school leaders understand the value of reflective, informal professional conversations in promoting a positive environment of inquiry, support, and teacher development. Organized around the “big ideas” of successful teaching, this guidebook:

• Explains the critical function of informal professional conversations in ongoing teacher learning
• Explores the interaction of power and leadership in schools
• Outlines the conversation skills that school leaders need to initiate and engage in successful conversations
• Includes “mental maps,” sample topics, and conversation activities