Insights from the National Writing Project's teacher-leader preparation are presented as relevant for facilitating professional learning in all areas of instruction¶

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q1 i? The authors assert that the insights from preparing teacher leaders for the National Writing Project program are relevant for preparing teacher leaders to facilitate professional learning in all areas of instruction. → Jeff Archer 2019

Evidence¶

Jeff Archer 2019¶

Jeff Archer, Jeffrey Max. (2019). Preparing Teacher Leaders to Lead Professional Learning: Insights from the National Writing Project. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/preparing-teacher-leaders-to-lead-professional-learning-insights-from-the-national-writing-project

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The brief's closing scope statement, an authorial assertion of generalizability beyond the writing-focused program. The article offers no evidence or argument for this breadth of relevance in the text provided; it is recorded as stated.

"The insights are relevant for preparing teacher leaders to facilitate professional learning in all areas of instruction."

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