CRAFT Conversations for Teacher Growth: How to Build Bridges and Cultivate Expertise

Sally J. Zepeda, Lakesha Robinson Goff, Stefanie W. Steele

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Conversations between administrators and teachers take place every day, for many reasons, but what can we do to elevate them so that they lead to better professional relationships, more effective school leaders and teachers, and improved learning for students? C.R.A.F.T. Conversations for Teacher Growth offers the answer, demonstrating how exchanges that are clear, realistic, appropriate, flexible, and timely can be transformational.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Laying the Foundation for C.R.A.F.T. Conversations

The C.R.A.F.T. Conversation Difference

What Can C.R.A.F.T. Conversations Really Do?

Part II: C.R.A.F.T. Conversations in Action

About the authors

Sally Zepeda is a professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia. Her research and service focus on instructional supervision, teacher and leader evaluation, and professional development for preK–12 educators.

Zepeda's scholarship has appeared in journals such as the Review of Educational Research, the Journal of School Leadership, the Alberta Journal of Educational Research, and Educational Leadership. She has worked with numerous school systems in the United States and the Middle East to develop coaching and mentoring programs for teachers and leaders.

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Lakesha Robinson Goff is a driven instructional leader with over ten years of experience as a teacher, coach, professional development facilitator, and administrator. She has served as a teacher at some of the nation's most unique and innovative schools, such as the SEED Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., and the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. She has served as an assistant principal at Ivy Preparatory Young Men's Leadership Academy in Atlanta and at Centennial Academy in Atlanta Public Schools and as a Manager of Teacher Leadership Development with Teach for America (Metro Atlanta). Her extensive experience includes serving as a guest facilitator at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.

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Stefanie Steele is an author, presenter, adjunct professor, and since 2002, she has been an assistant principal at the middle and high school levels in the Gwinnett County Public School District, a metro-Atlanta school system. She has served in leadership roles for special education, technology, professional learning, curriculum, and assessment, and she has taught courses in professional learning at the University of Georgia.

Steele is passionate about the success of all; especially for at-risk students and those who may have barriers to overcome for graduation. Working with leaders in Gwinnett, she focuses on graduation rates led by data driven decisions at both the middle and high school levels.