02637oam 2200541 450 991081168830332120190911103511.01-4522-3701-81-4522-2348-3(OCoLC)962891069(MiFhGG)GVRL8086(EXLCZ)99371000000045682320090826h20102010 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrGuiding professional learning communities inspiration, challenge, surprise, and meaning /Shirley M. Hord, James L. Roussin, William A. Sommers ; foreword by Roland S. BarthThousand Oaks, California :Corwin, a SAGE Company,[2010]�20101 online resource (xiii, 225 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.1-4129-7271-X Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""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.School improvement programsUnited StatesGroup work in educationUnited StatesEducational changeUnited StatesEducational leadershipUnited StatesSchool improvement programsGroup work in educationEducational changeEducational leadership370.711Hord Shirley M.861939Roussin James L.Sommers William A.Barth Roland S.MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910811688303321Guiding professional learning communities4097744UNINA