Teacher Teams That Get Results : 61 Strategies for Sustaining and Renewing Professional Learning Communities /: 61 Strategies for Sustaining and Renewing Professional Learning Communities. ([2007])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gayle H. Gregory, Lin Kuzmich.
• Authors: Gregory, Gayle; Kuzmich, Lin
• Contents: Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction: Tools That Get Results; Purpose for This Book; What We Know About Adult Learning; Brain Bits; Adult Learning Principles; Learning Styles; What Different Learners Need; Initial Group Development; Phases of Group Development and Behaviors; Benefit of Professional Learning Communities; Getting the Intended Results; Learning Teams That Get Results; Tools to Succeed as Teams; In This Book; 1. Creating a Growth Oriented Culture; Strategy 1. ABC Conversations; Strategy 2: Birthday Month; Strategy 3: Community Circle; Strategy 4: Concept Formation; Strategy 5: Consultation Line; Strategy 6: Find Someone Who; Strategy 7: Four Corners; Strategy 8: Give and Go; Strategy 9: Mapping the Journey; Strategy 10: 3-2-1; Strategy 11: Nominal Group Process; Strategy 12: Personal, Interpersonal, Task Model (P.I.T.); Strategy 13: Processing Pause; Strategy 14: Random Partners; Strategy 15:Synectics; Strategy 16:T Chart and Y Chart; 2. Sharing Knowledge and Skills; Strategy 17: DIP Party; Strategy 18: Four Corner Cards; Strategy 19: Inside Outside Circle; Strategy 20: Jigsaw; Strategy 21: Know, Want to Know, Learned (KWL); Strategy 22: Perspective Lens; Strategy 23: Pluses and Wishes; Strategy 24: Plus, Minus, Interesting; Strategy 25: Promissory Note; Strategy 26: Right Angle; Strategy 27: Round Robin, Round Table; Strategy 28: Round the Room Brainstorming; Strategy 29: Star Gazing; Strategy 30: Think, Pair, Share; Strategy 31: Wallpaper Poster; 3. Building Resilience and Creating Solutions; Strategy 32: Checking the Oil; Strategy 33: Communication Matters; Strategy 34: Doubling Up; Strategy 35: Environmental Scanning; Strategy 36: Field Force; Strategy 37: FLOW; Strategy 38: Gallery Walk; Strategy 39: Graffiti; Strategy 40: Hot Buttons; Strategy 41: Journey Mapping (Also Known as Histo-Mapping); Strategy 42: Musical Chairs; Strategy 43: Parking Lot; Strategy 44: Roadblock Removal; Strategy 45: The Question Matters: Reviewing Student Work; Strategy 46: Two Sides of the Story; 4. Determining Priorities and Creating Excellence; Strategy 47: Building on Success; Strategy 48: Cause and Effect Planning; Strategy 49: Celebrations and Next Steps; Strategy 50: Current Snapshot; Strategy 51: Four Squares for Creativity; Strategy 52: Lesson and Unit Studies; Strategy 53: Prioritizing the Impact of Solutions; Strategy 54: Prioritizing Work and Learning; Strategy 55: Probable and Preferred Future; Strategy 56: Pros and Cons; Strategy 57: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats; Strategy 58: The Interview; Strategy 59: The People Ladder; Strategy 60: Think Abouts…; Strategy 61: Data Chats; 5. Putting It All Together; Part One: Initial Group Development; Part Two: Sustaining Groups Over Time and Through New Initiatives; Putting It All Together: Examples for Implementation; Keeping Notes, Logging, and Our Methods; Keeping Your School, Team Culture, and Climate Healthy; Summary; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvii, 248 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 371.148; Teaching teams; Learning, Psychology of
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452208237; 1452208239
• Related ISBNs: 9781412926126; 9781412926133
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.