The Reflective Educator’s Guide to Professional Development: Coaching Inquiry-Oriented Learning Communities

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SAGE Publications, 2008 - Education - 182 pages

Powerful tools for facilitating teachers' professional development and optimizing school improvement efforts!

Combining professional learning communities (PLCs) and action research, this step-by-step guide provides coaches, workshop leaders, and staff developers with strategies, activities, and tools to develop inquiry-oriented PLCs. The authors present essential elements of a healthy PLC, case studies of inquiry-based PLCs, and lessons learned for improving coaching practices. Sample projects and reflection prompts will help readers:

  • Organize, assess, and maintain high-functioning, inquiry-oriented PLCs
  • Facilitate the development of study questions
  • Enable PLC members to develop, analyze, and share research results
  • Lead successful renewal and reform efforts

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Reflective Educator’s Guide to Professional Development: Coaching Inquiry-Oriented Learning Communities
AuthorsNancy Fichtman Dana, Diane Yendol-Hoppey
ContributorNational Staff Development Council (U.S.)
Editionillustrated
PublisherSAGE Publications, 2008
ISBN1412955807, 9781412955805
Length182 pages
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Education / Administration / General
Education / General
Education / Professional Development
Education / Research
  
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