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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480212203321

Autore

Hord Shirley M.

Titolo

Guiding professional learning communities : inspiration, challenge, surprise, and meaning / / Shirley M. Hord, James L. Roussin, William A. Sommers ; foreword by Roland S. Barth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4522-3701-8

1-4522-2348-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

370.711

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Part I - Introduction: Things You Need to Know Before You Use This Book""; ""Part II - Words to the Wise: Before You Begin""; ""Part III - Learning Opportunities: Tools, Tasks, Deep Thinking, and a Wee Bit of Trivia""; ""Component 1 - Shared Beliefs, Values, and Vision""; ""Component 2 - Shared and Supportive Leadership""; ""Component 3 - Structural Conditions""; ""Component 4 - Relational Conditions""; ""Component 5 - Intentional Collective Learning and Its Application""

""Component 6 - Sharing Personal Practice""""Part IV - Bringing Closure: Endings and New Beginnings""; ""Resource A""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Offers more than 30 structured ""learning opportunities"" to help busy educators put six components of effective PLCs into practice and facilitate individual and schoolwide development.