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In order for a professional learning community to achieve its full potential, all levels districtwide must align with the three big ideas: ensuring a focus on learning, building a collaborative culture, and establishing a results orientation. This book breaks down the complex process of aligning the work of central office staff, building leadership, and teachers to increase student achievement.
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Van Clay and Soldwedel are with a non-profit consortium of some 80 Illinois school districts specializing in continuous organizational improvement; now a speaker and author, Many was a school district superintendent in Illinois for 20 years. The three offer education professionals a practical guide to expanding a professional learning community (PLC) beyond the individual school level to a district-wide reform. In particular, they examine how districts can develop policies and practices to align themselves to the three main ideas of PLCs--ensuring a focus on learning, building a collaborative culture, and establishing a results orientation--because that alignment is key to successfully establishing and maintaining a district-wide PLC. Through case scenarios readers can learn about what can go wrong when there is lack of alignment, and how to avoid or address problems. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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