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Teaching/Learning Centers: Professional Development For Teachers Of Linguistically And Culturally Diverse Students, Holbrook Mahn, Dee Mcmann, Sandra I. Musanti

Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article describes an innovative professional development model that uses on-site Teaching/Learning Centers in which teachers work and collaborate with other teachers to learn about effective methods of literacy instruction for linguistically and culturally diverse students. This model fosters collaborative, sustained, on-site, and practical development in which teachers plan, model, observe, discuss, and reflect together as they transform their practice.