Teachers Bringing Out the Best in Teachers A Guide to Peer Consultation for Administrators and Teachers

Jo Blase is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Georgia and a former public school teacher, principal, and director of staff development. She received a Ph.D. in educational administration, curriculum, and supervision in 1983 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Through work with the Beginning Principal Study National Research Team, the Georgia League of Professional Schools, and public and private school educators with whom she consults throughout the United States, she has pursued her interest in preparation for and entry to educational and instructional leadership at it relates to supervisors discourse. Winner of the W.G. Walker 2000 Award for excellence (for her co-authored article published in the Journal of Educational Administration), the 1997 University of Georgia College of Education Teacher Educator Award, and the 1983 American Association of School Administrators Outstanding Research Award, Blase's recent publications include articles in the Journal of Staff Development, the Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, Educational Administration Quarterly, the Journal of Educational Administration, and The Alberta Journal of Educational Research; and three books, Empowering Teachers: What Successful Principals Do (with Joseph Blase, Corwin, 1994, 2000), Democratic Principals in Action: Eight Pioneers (with Joseph Blase, Gary Anderson, and Sherry Dungan, Corwin, 1995), The Fire Is Back: Principals Sharing School Governance (with Joseph Blase, Corwin, 1997), and Breaking the Silence: Overcoming the Promblem of Principal Mistreatment of Teachers (with Joseph Blase, Corwin, 2003). She has authored chapters on becoming a principal, school renewal, supervision, and organizational development. She also conducts research on supervisory discourse among physicians as medical educators.Blase, Jo is the author of 'Teachers Bringing Out the Best in Teachers A Guide to Peer Consultation for Administrators and Teachers', published 2006 under ISBN 9781412925969 and ISBN 1412925967.