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Reviving Professional Learning Communities
Strength through Diversity, Conflict, Teamwork, and Structure
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2012
Summary
A Professional Learning Community is undeniably one of the most effective processes out there for improving student achievement, as well a school’s overarching culture and climate. With such widespread notoriety, though, there has been a dilution of the true essence of the term. Understanding of what a Professional Learning Community is varies from one district to another, from one school to another, even from one educator to another. It’s about time for a resurrection. Reviving Professional Learning Communities does exactly that through the lens of a simple framework called, the 4S Approach. This new development helps practitioners build thriving learning communities through: (1) recognition and validation of each staff member’s unique points of view, (2) natural conflict that accompanies the assorted viewpoints, (3) healthy teamwork, and (4) effective systems. Sprinkled throughout the book are also 32 practical, high-leverage strategies that are easy to understand and simple to put into practice right away. This book will most certainly help answer the perennial question: How do we achieve a genuine Professional Learning Community?
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Edition
1/2012
Copyright Year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-0103-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-0105-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
150
Product Type
Monograph
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Contents No access
List of Figures No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter One: The Interview No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter Two: A Brief History of Professional Learning Communities No access Pages 9 - 14
Chapter Three: A Double-Edged Sword No access
Chapter Four: Somber Stances No access
Chapter Five: Strategies for Standpoint No access
Chapter Six: May Day! Mayday! No access
Chapter Seven: Stakes and Standpoint No access
Chapter Eight: Strategies for Struggle No access
Chapter Nine: Room Numbers No access
Chapter Ten: The Four Key Foundations No access
Chapter Eleven: Strategies for Solidarity No access
Chapter Twelve: The Chicken or the Egg? No access
Chapter Thirteen: Levels of Professional Learning Community Effectiveness No access
Chapter Fourteen: Strategies for Structure No access
Chapter Fifteen: The 4S Learning Community Assessment (4S-LCA) No access
