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On common ground : the power of professional learning communities / [editors, Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca Dufour].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Leading Edge
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School improvement programs--United States.
- School improvement programs.
- Group work in education--United States.
- Group work in education.
- Team learning approach in education--United States.
- Team learning approach in education.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Power of professional learning communities
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Ind. : Solution Tree Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This anthology presents the recommendations of education leaders, and each chapter contributes to a sound conceptual framework and offers specific strategies for developing PLCs. These leaders have found common ground in expressing their belief in the power of PLCs although clear differences emerge regarding their perspectives on the most effective strategy for making PLCs the norm in North America.
- Contents:
- Overview of PLCs
- Recurring themes of professional learning communities and the assumptions they challenge / Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour
- What is a professional learning community? / Richard DuFour
- Critical questions of PLCs
- Putting it all together: standards, assessment, and accountability in successful professional learning communities / Douglas Reeves
- Assessment FOR learning: building a culture of confident learners / Rick Stiggins
- Masters of motivation / Jonathon Saphier
- Turning book burners into lifelong learners / Roland S. Barth
- Creating PLCs
- No turning back: the ironclad case for professional learning communities / Mike Schmoker
- Leading for transformation in teaching, learning, and relationships / Dennis Sparks
- Placing PLCs in a broader context
- More effective schools: professional learning communities in action / Lawrence W. Lezotte
- Implementing PLCs in the Chicago Public Schools / Barbara Eason-Watkins
- Professional learning communities Writ Large / Michael Fullan
- A call to action
- Closing the knowing-doing gap / Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781934009864
- 1934009865
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