Professional Learning Communities at Work TM. Robert Eaker

Professional Learning Communities at Work TM - Robert Eaker


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      Professional Learning Communities at Work™

      Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement

      Richard DuFour

      Robert Eaker

      Solution Tree | Press

      Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

      Alexandria, Virginia

      Copyright © 1998 by Solution Tree Press

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      ISBN 978-1-879639-60-7

      Dedication

      To the two men who have had the greatest impact upon my life—my father and my son.

      —Richard DuFour

      To my wife, Star, and my children, Robin and Carrie. And to my mother, Jewel Eaker, and in memory of my father, Raymond.

      —Robert Eaker

      Acknowledgments

      We gratefully acknowledge Nancy Wagner and Tammie Allen for their work in the preparation of this manuscript. Robert Granner made a tremendous contribution to this project with his thoughtful and thorough editing of rough drafts of each chapter.

      For the past 15 years, the faculty and staff of Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, has been engaged in the hard work of building a professional learning community. Much of what we have learned can be attributed to them. We also gratefully acknowledge the Board of Education of the Stevenson District for providing the leadership, support, and encouragement that has sustained this long improvement initiative.

      Table of Contents

About the Authors
Introduction
One The Disappointment of School Reform
Two A New Model: The Professional Learning Community
Three The Complexity of the Change Process
Four Building the Foundation of a Professional Learning Community: Mission and Vision
Five Building the Foundation of a Professional Learning Community: Values and Goals
Six Sustaining the School Improvement Process
Seven Embedding Change in the Culture of a School
Eight Planning for Learning: Curricular Focus in a Learning Community
Nine The Role of the Principal in a Professional Learning Community
Ten Teaching in a Professional Learning Community
Eleven The Role of Parents in a Professional Learning Community
Twelve Staff Development in a Professional Learning Community
Thirteen Passion and Persistence
Appendix A Sample Vision Statements
Appendix B
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