Cross-District Professional Collaboration: Longitudinal Study of Regional Math Teacher Networks

• In Event: 75.041 - MTCC Roundtable Session 33
  In Roundtable Session: 75.041-1 - Exploring Collaboration, Partnerships, and Practice Across School Contexts

Abstract

This study responds to an emerging approach to provide successful STEM-related professional development that is to support the development of teacher networks or learning communities by examining the formation of teacher networks as a result of an intentional design of a professional development program. We investigate a longitudinal data set of math teachers over four points in time in two large school districts serving a diverse student population in a shared region in southern California. Findings suggest several individual and dyadic effects of social and cognitive components on the likelihood of forming advice-seeking relationships, which will inform decision making about how to cultivate meaningful and ongoing exchange of knowledge and ideas through teachers’ networks.

Authors

• Yi-Hwa Liou, National Taipei University of Education

• Joelle Rodway, Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Alan J. Daly, University of California - San Diego

• Mica Pollock, University of California - San Diego

• Susan S. Yonezawa, University of California - San Diego