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Professional learning communities at work : best practices for enhancing student achievement
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Provides specific information on how to transform schools into results-oriented professional learning communities, describing the best practices that have been used by schools nationwide.
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- Creator
- Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker
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- Language
- English
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- Bloomington, Ind. : National Education Service ; Alexandria, Va. : ASCD, c1998
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- xx, 338 p. ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1879639602, 9781879639607
- OCLC
- ocm39040733
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-338).
- The disappointment of school reform -- A new model : the professional learning community -- The complexity of the change process -- Building the foundation of a professional learning community : mission and vision -- Building the foundation of a professional learning community : values and goals -- Sustaining the school improvement process -- Embedding change in the culture of a school -- Planning for learning : curricular focus in a learning community -- The role of the principal in a professional learning community -- Teaching in a professional learning community -- The role of parents in a professional learning community -- Staff development in a professional learning community -- Passion and persistence -- Appendix A. Sample vision statements -- Appendix B. Curriculum standards, models, and concepts