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Leading professional learning communities : voices from research and practice / Shirley M. Hord, William A. Sommers ; foreword by Andy Hargreaves.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hord, Shirley M., author.
- Sommers, William A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School improvement programs--United States.
- Group work in education--United States.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational leadership--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, a SAGE Company, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Imagine all professionals in all schools engaged in continuous professional learning! Education experts Shirley M. Hord and William A. Sommers explore the school-based learning opportunities offered to school professionals and the principal's critical role in the creation, development, and support of an effective professional learning community (PLC). This book provides school leaders with readily accessible information to guide them in initiating and developing a PLC that supports teachers and students. Using field-tested examples, the text illustrates how this research-based school improve.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Imagine . . .; Chapter 1 - What Is a PLC?: Professional Learning Communities: Definition and Effects; Chapter 2 - Why Leadership?: Leadership Imperatives for Professional Learning Communities; Chapter 3 - Culture and Context, Structures and Schedules, Policies and Procedures; Chapter 4 - Creating Conditions to Get Started; Chapter 5 - What Are the Skills Needed to Lead Professional Learning Communities?; Chapter 6 - Where Are We? Where Should We Be? Who Is Monitoring Our Work?; Chapter 7 - What Have We Learned?
- ReferencesIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-157) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781452294254
- 1452294259
- 9781452207889
- 1452207887
- OCLC:
- 922904502
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