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Leading Professional Learning Communities
Voices From Research and Practice
Edited by:
- Shirley M. Hord - Learning Forward
- William A. Sommers - Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Foreword by Andy Hargreaves
Other Titles in:
Professional Learning Communities | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring | School Management
Professional Learning Communities | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring | School Management
April 2008 | 184 pages | Corwin
Professional Learning Communities, or PLCs, is a school improvement model that continues to grow in popularity as a means to build capacity, embed professional development, create a positive school culture, grow accountability, and increase student achievement. This book provides an overview for why PLCs are needed & what they can accomplish.
Foreword by Andy Hargreaves
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. What Is a PLC? Professional Learning Communities: Definitions and Effects
2. Why Leadership? Leadership Imperatives for Professional Learning Communities
3. Culture and Context, Structures and Schedules, Policies and Procedures
4. Creating Conditions to Get Started
5. What Are the Skills Needed to Build Professional Learning Communities?
6. Where Are We? Where Should We Be? Who Is Monitoring Our Work?
7. What Have We Learned?
References
Index