Continuous Professional Growth

Developing Careers, Building a Profession: The Rochester Career in Teaching Plan (2002)
By Julia Koppich, Carla Asher, and Charles Kerchner.

Transforming the Profession of Teaching: It Starts at the Beginning (2003)
by Adam Urbanski, Rochester Teachers Association, and Carl O'Connell, former director of Rochester's Mentor/Intern Program. A summary of the Rochester story, which introduces a framework that begins with teachers supporting teachers, and continues in all aspects of their professional life together. This represents the best vehicle for launching reforms aimed at creating a more genuine teaching profession, advancing shared accountability for improving student achievement, and building true learning communities in all schools.