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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480090103321

Autore

Hord Shirley M.

Titolo

Leading professional learning communities : voices from research and practice / / Shirley M. Hord, William A. Sommers ; foreword by Andy Hargreaves

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, CA : , : Corwin Press, a SAGE Company, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-4522-9425-9

1-4522-0788-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

371.207

Soggetti

School improvement programs - United States

Group work in education - United States

Educational change - United States

Educational leadership - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-157) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.