03185nam 2200625 450 991079743800332120230721042543.01-4522-9425-91-4522-0788-7(CKB)3710000000456952(EBL)1157295(SSID)ssj0001530892(PQKBManifestationID)12572659(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001530892(PQKBWorkID)11531633(PQKB)10817455(MiAaPQ)EBC1993321(EXLCZ)99371000000045695220180806d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLeading professional learning communities voices from research and practice /Shirley M. Hord, William A. Sommers ; foreword by Andy HargreavesThousand Oaks, CA :Corwin Press, a SAGE Company,[2008]©20081 online resource (185 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4129-4477-5 1-4129-4476-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-157) and index.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?ReferencesIndexImagine 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.School improvement programsUnited StatesGroup work in educationUnited StatesEducational changeUnited StatesEducational leadershipUnited StatesSchool improvement programsGroup work in educationEducational changeEducational leadership371.207Hord Shirley M.861939Sommers William A.Hargreaves AndyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQAzTeSBOOK9910797438003321Leading professional learning communities3696797UNINA