When a teacher retires, an entire storehouse of knowledge is often lost. Now
a retired educator has reproduced her storehouse in A Coach’s Guide to Asset-Mapping Teacher Quality: The Journey from
Compliance to Community. The
journey begins at a place called “compliance” and ends at a destination named
“community.” During three “stops” on the journey, eighteen principles in three
core areas critical to teacher quality and classroom practices are examined.
The asset-mapping system equips coaches to
acknowledge and affirm the beliefs, skills, and strengths (assets) within the
school that can be leveraged for teachers to support one another. It is a
job-embedded, ongoing, and formative approach to professional development. The
workbook contains proven time-saving worksheets, templates, workshop ideas and
materials, one-on-one teacher activities – all created by an experienced educational coach.
Please contact Lorraine Richardson to invite her to conduct readings, talks, and signings at your bookstore, event, community center, church, or library.
Her "Hot Topics" for Discussion/Speaking include: Teacher Equity and Underserved Communities Teacher Attrition: America's Other Drop-out Crisis Classroom Transformation:Beyond the Industrial Model The Quest to Create Teacher 2.0 Ph.D. Parents: Perseverant, Hungry, Determined
