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Organizational Structures to Promote Teacher Engagement in Urban Schools

This monograph considers the prospects for improving teacher engagement in urban schools through professional and organizational reform…. This paper does not focus on the characteristics of urban schools that may make them less effective, but on those that affect motivation and ability to teach all students who appear at the classroom door…. The paper enumerates the features of urban schools that can make them vital places for professional growth…(and) outlines the reasons why they are so often difficult settings for adult work and professional development.

• Author/Creator: Louis, K. S.
• Author's address: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory 1900 Spring Road, Suite 300 Oak Brook, IL 60521-1480
• Journal/Secondary Title: Urban Monograph Series
• Publisher: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
• Year: 1995

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Subject: Educational Change
• Subject: Organizational Climate
• Subject: Professional Development
• Subject: Urban Schools

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