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Demystifying professional learning communities : school leadership at its best / edited by Kristine Kiefer Hipp and Jane Bumpers Huffman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hipp, Kristine Kiefer, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational change.
- Professional learning communities.
- Educational change--United States.
- Professional learning communities--United States.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2010.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : R & L Education, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book offers information, examples and case studies to clarify the concept of a professional learning community, to respond to critical issues in schools, and to support educational leaders in addressing the important mandates of accountability and school improvement.
- Contents:
- DEMYSTIFYING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Demystifying the Concept of Professional Learning Communities
- 3 Methodology and Conceptual Framework
- 4 Assessing and Analyzing Schools as Professional Learning Communities
- 5 Diagnostic and Planning Tools
- 6 The Professional Teaching and Learning Cycle: A Strategy for Creating Professional Learning Communities
- 7 Case Story Overview
- 8 Case Story #1: Lake Elementary (PreK-8)
- 9 Case Story #2: Mineral Springs Middle School (6-8)
- 10 Case Story #3: Ralph H. Metcalfe School (K4-8)
- 11 Sustainability: A Constant Process for Continuing Improvement
- 12 Final Reflections: Moving Schools Forward
- Notes
- References
- About the Contributors
- About the Editors.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8184-162-1
- 9798765186268
- 1-60709-049-X
- 1-60709-051-1
- OCLC:
- 869641256
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