Leading Professional Learning Teams

A Start-Up Guide for Improving Instruction

Designed for school administrators, school leadership teams, and other teacher leaders, this resource provides essential guidelines for establishing effectiveáProfessional Learning Teams (PLTs).áTo ensure successful implementation, school leaders need support in taking the critical first steps toward creating job-embedded, collegial, schoolwide professional growth opportunities. Susan E. Sather provides a model for implementing PLTs and demonstrates howáschool leaders can lay the groundwork and provideáthe necessary support for the work of PLTs during both the planning and implementation stages. Readers will find suggestions for creating the necessary conditions that lead to strong and sustainable teamsáand for anticipating and dealing with potential challenges.