The power of protocols : an educator’s guide to better practice

The use of protocols has quickly spread from conferences and workshops to everyday school and university settings. Now in its third edition, this popular bestseller features substantial updates that take into account recent developments in the field of facilitative leadership. The authors have also added 11 totally new protocols, including the "Peer Review Protocol" and "Looking at Student Work with Equity in Mind." This essential teaching and professional development tool includes:

Step-by-step descriptions of how educators can use protocols to study together, work on problems of practice, teach well, and explore students' work. Explanations of the particular purpose for each protocol, discussions of the value that educators have found in using them, and helpful tips for facilitators. A free supplement on the Teachers College Press website of "Abbreviated Protocols" that can be downloaded and customized to suit each facilitator's needs.

PRAISE FOR THE POWER OF PROTOCOLS!

"I found the idea of protocols and their suggested application to be well conceived and articulated by the authors." -- NASSP Bulletin

"I deeply appreciate the way this guide helped to enlarge my understanding of protocols and deepen my sense of their efficiency in teaching practice." --Horace, Quarterly Journal of CES

Author Notes

Nancy Mohr lives in a converted barn in Unionville, Pennsylvania.

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Preface to the Third Edition	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
1 Basic Practices	p. 1
Learning Through Constraints	p. 1
Educating Ourselves	p. 4
Learning from Close Textual Analysis	p. 5
Practicing Transparency	p. 7
What the Research Says	p. 8
2 Facilitating	p. 11
Significance of The Facilitator's Core Tasks	p. 11
The Facilitator's Moves	p. 14
Brief Protocols	p. 17
Postcards	p. 17
All-Purpose Go-Round	p. 17
Clearing	p. 78
Pair-Share	p. 18
Reflection on a Word	p. 18
Longer Openers	p. 19
Fears and Hopes	p. 19
Protocol for Setting Norms	p. 21
Provocative Prompts	p. 23
Marvin's Model	p. 25
3 Working on Practice	p. 27
Tuning Protocol	p. 28
Consultancy	p. 31
Descriptive Consultancy	p. 32
Issaquah Coaching Protocol	p. 34
Peeling the Onion	p. 37
Success Analysis Protocol	p. 38
Stuff and Vision Protocol	p. 40
Peer Review Protocol (Online)	p. 43
4 Working for Change	p. 48
What Comes Up	p. 49
Standards in Practice	p. 51
Minnesota Slice	p. 54
Shadow Protocol	p. 59
Do What You Mean to Do	p. 63
New Design Protocol	p. 66
School Visit Protocol	p. 69
What Do We Know? What Do We Suspect? What Do We Need to Find Out?	p. 71
5 Working with Texts	p. 75
Collaborative Assessment Conference	p. 75
Final Word	p. 79
Jigsaw Protocol	p. 82
Panel Protocol	p. 84
Mars/Venus Protocol	p. 87
Text Rendering Protocol (Video Version)	p. 88
Art Feedback Protocols	p. 91
Rich Text Protocol	p. 93
6 Working Toward Equity	p. 97
Diversity Rounds	p. 99
Constructivist Listening Dyad	p. 101
Cosmopolitan Protocol	p. 104
The Paseo or Circles of Identity	p. 106
Looking at Data Protocol	p. 108
Equity Protocol	p. 110
Looking at Student Work (with Equity in Mind)	p. 112
Conclusion: Jumping In	p. 114
Ways to Get Started	p. 114
Things That Make It Easier	p. 115
References	p. 116
Index	p. 120
About the Authors	p. 129

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