Lessons from Restructuring Experiences

Nancy E. Hoffman is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Field Experiences; and W. Michael Reed is Professor of Instructional Technology, both in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at West Virginia University. Reed is the co-author of Educational Computing and Problem Solving; Computer Use in the Improvement of Writing; Multimedia and Megachange: New Directions for Educational Computing; and Hypermedia: Theory, Research, and Practice. Gwen Socol Rosenbluth is an English Teacher and Teacher Education Site Coordinator at Morgantown High School, Morgantown, West Virginia. She has been a Monongalia County Teacher of the Year.

Intended for readers interested in establishing or assessing collaborative reform efforts, the book is organized in three units. The first provides an overview that will enhance readers' understanding of professional development schools and school restructuring. The authors review and highlight important concepts and processes in collaborative restructuring. The second unit brings the concepts and processes of collaborative change to life by sharing the stories of teachers and administrators in elementary and secondary professional development schools. The third unit addresses the complex issue of assessing the outcomes of restructuring in both schools and the university.

• IntroductionPart I. Working Together to Restructure in Professional Development Schools Overview of Part I 1. The Nature of Professionalism in the Context of School ReformVan Dempsey 2. Collaboration Between K-12 Schools and UniversitiesJerrald Shive 3. The Benedum Collaborative: The Story of an Educational Reform EffortSarah Steel and Nancy E. HoffmanPart II. Stories of Professional Development School Change Overview of Part II 4. The Story of Two Changing TeachersSarah Steel, Rhonda Jenkins, and Diana Colebank 5. The Story of a Changing Role: Teacher Research in ActionW. Michael Reed, David J. Ayersman, and Nancy E. Hoffman 6. The Story of Two Principles: Constructing Leadership, Balancing Tensions, and Creating RelationshipsVan Dempsey with Thomas Hart and Susanne Lynch 7. The Story of Changing Practices: Classroom Based Collaboration as a Model for a Communications ProgramJennifer Borsch, Ruth Oaks, and Cheryl Prichard 8. The Story of a Changing Program: West Virginia's First Science, Math, and Technology CenterMary Ann Gaston, Raymond Francis, Janet Crescenzi, and Perry Phillips 9. The Story of a Changing SchoolTeresa T. Field and Mary Alice Barksdale-Ladd 10. The Story of Changing School-University RelationshipsNancy E. Hoffman, Gwen Socol Rosenbluth, and Kaye McCroryPart III. The Outcomes of Restructuring: Problems and Possibilities Overview of Part III 11. Teachers' Perspectives on School Change: Lessons from the ClassroomJoy Faini Saab, Sarah Steel, and Jerrald Shive 12. Reconsidering Assessment to Be Reflective of School ReformJaci Webb-Dempsey 13. Impact on Colleges of EducationRichard D. Hawthorne Index