Leading professional learning communities : voices from research and practice /: voices from research and practice. ([2008])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shirley M. Hord, William A. Sommers ; foreword by Andy Hargreaves.
• Authors: Hord, Shirley M; Sommers, William A
• Contents: 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
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.2; School improvement programs -- United States; Group work in education -- United States; Educational change -- United States; Educational leadership -- United States; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; Educational change; Educational leadership; Group work in education; School improvement programs; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781299395503; 1299395503; 9781452207889; 1452207887; 9781452294254; 1452294259
• Related ISBNs: 9781412944762
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 14, 2015).
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