
NOW AVAILABLE!Published in the fall of 2009! Peter's latest book, THE INTENTIONAL
TEACHER: FORGING A GREAT CAREER IN THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL CLASSROOM, published by Avocus Publishing. Read chapters on
finding a teaching job, navigating the school environment, classroom management, curriculum and assessment, families, professional
behavior, and career-path management. A great read for teachers, aspiring teachers, and those who hire and manage teachers. Available now from Amazon.com or directly from Avocus Publishing. Call Avocus at 800-345-6665 for bulk orders.
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With 35 years
of experience as an independent school teacher and administrator, Peter Gow has written and presented on a wide array of topics
and worked with schools to improve all aspects of their educational programming, including • Curriculum
and assessment design for meaningful, in-depth learning • Collaborative project design
for great learning experiences • Professional development for individual and institutional
growth • Recruiting, hiring, and training effective, satisfied teachers •
Building and sustaining rich and rewarding professional culture • The role of technology
in teaching and learning • Helping teachers and students build authentic connections
in diverse environments • Educational strategic thinking
A self-proclaimed "education
junkie" who grew up in a boarding school family of teachers, is married to an independent school teacher, and whose children
attend Beaver Country Day School, where Peter has worked for many years, Peter is a regular contributor to Independent
School magazine and is the author of An Admirable Faculty: Recruiting, Hiring, Training, and Retaining the
Best Independent School Teachers (National Association of Independent Schools, 2005). His writing has appeared
in Education Week, the Harvard Education Letter, and Teachers College Record, and he has
been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Christian Science Monitor,
and USA Today.
Contact Peter Gow to arrange speaking engagements or to discuss how he can work with your school to help you fulfill your unique educational
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Read some of Peter Gow's writing! Check out Peter's occasional writing on line: - The Admirable Faculties blog, about independent teaching, professional development, and professional culture
- The
New Progressive blog, tracing the evolution of progressive education from a radical idea to today's Best Practice
Read Peter's monographs and listen to his podcasts on financial sustainability for the National Association of Independent Schools
at http://www.nais.org/go/financial (NAIS members only) See some of Peter Gow's work for schools and organizations
at Slideshare.com. Collaborate with Peter Gow on his Wikis: The Progressive Schools wiki Disrupted Academy The Belmarnia European History Project Find out more about Peter Gow's work by following
the links below: "The New Progressivism Is Here," Education Week Commentary online, April 29, 2008 Buy Peter Gow’s An Admirable Faculty from the National Association of Independent Schools Buy Looking Ahead: Independent School Issues and Answers featuring “Creative Compensation” by Peter Gow,
from Avocus Publishing
Read a sampling of Peter Gow's writing on effective schoolwide curriculum planning, on technology and learning, on how schools can manage relations with their communities, on inspiring the will to read, and a piece of humor on some of the dangers of going overboard with educational reform. If you are a sailor or just love being around the water, check out Peter Gow’s The Watery Realm, published by WoodenBoat Books (2006) Follow Peter on Twitter (pgow), Friend him on Facebook (Peter Gow), or become his friend on the Independent School Educators Network Ning or the Independent Curriculum Group Ning.
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at the 2010 National Association of Independent Schools annual conference in San Francisco - on Wednesday afternoon, February 24 as part of a 3-hour panel workshop with NAIS president Pat Bassett and others,
"Leading Toward a Sustainable Future"
- on Friday morning, February
26, on "The Intentional Teacher: Better Teaching through School-Teacher Dialogue
at the 2010 Association of Maryland Independent Schools Technology Retreat, April 25-27
in St. Michaels, MD
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