Working Toward Excellence

Working Toward Excellence Journal

The Working Toward Excellence (WTE) Journal is a quarterly publication published by the Alabama Best Practices Center. Each Journal is focused intensely on a specific topic related to teaching and learning. Subscriptions to the WTE Journal are free.

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Working Toward Excellence – Fall 2007
Alabama Tackles Adolescent Literacy (527 Kb)

Past Issues of WTE

Alabama’s 21st Century Schools Are Blazing Trails Through Cyberspace (449 Kb)
Three Schools That Succeed By Doing Whatever It Takes (364 Kb)
Kinterbish Junior High: A Story of School Transformation in Rural Alabama
Educating the Digital Generation (343 Kb)
Doing Whatever It Takes (259 Kb) – resource page
Can Alabama Lead the U.S. In Reading Achievement? (249 Kb) – resource page, Professional Development Activity #1, Professional Development Activity #2
Today's Effective Schools Have High-Capacity Leadership (510Kb) – resource page
No Child Left Behind, Year Two (240Kb) – resource page - Professional Development Activity #3
Powerful Conversations Can Transform Teacher Learning (204Kb) – resource page
Closing the Achievement Gap (267K) – resource page - Professional Development Activity #4
No Child Left Behind (1.6M) – resource page
Data-Driven Schools (1.8M) – resource page
High Quality Staff Development (1.8 M) – resource page
New Teacher Induction, Mentoring, and Support (1.3 M) – resource page
Finding Time (1.8 M) – resource page
Teacher Development (1.3 M) – resource page
Principal Leadership (1.2 M) – resource page

Q&A about WTE

Q: Are back copies of the WTE Journal available?
A: Yes! You can download copies of all of the previous issues of WTE by
clicking on the specific issue(s) listed above. Or, you can email the
Best Practices Center and request a copy. Be sure to include your
mailing address, so we can forward a copy to you.

Q: How can I subscribe to the WTE Journal? Is there a charge?
A: Subscriptions to the Working Toward Excellence newsletter are free.
You may subscribe online.

Q: I have an idea for a future issue of the WTE Journal. What do I
need to do to share that idea?
A: Send your great ideas to wte@bestpracticescenter.org.

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