Product Description

"Schools as Professional Learning Communities is an extraordinary achievement. It brings together what a long-time practitioner can see and sense. It is an illumination of an exciting path to a constantly improving instructional community."
S. David Adler, Superintendent (retired)
Bergen County Schools, Newton, NJ

"This book is a must for those seeking to prepare school leaders as well as those seeking to improve school performance. Roberts and Pruitt have presented us with a scholarly work that provides the nuts and bolts for those seeking to understand school leadership."
Leslie Agard-Jones, Dean, College of Education
William Paterson University

Well-documented research shows that teaching, learning, and educational outcomes for students greatly improve when a school becomes a community--that is, when everyone works together to collaboratively search for and resolve problems in their schools. So if your ultimate goal is to help all members of the school community assume a leadership role, this one-stop sourcebook is exactly what you need to get started.

Authors Roberts and Pruitt provide the knowledge and skills necessary to work effectively with teachers, parents, administrators, and students to build a learning community. Schools as Professional Learning Communities is full of practical strategies, tips, and activities, and addresses the immediate issues faced by teachers in their classrooms and the work teachers, supervisors, and principals perform daily.

Highlights of this nuts-and-bolts guide include:

• Leading in the role of principal
• Working in groups and effectively using team processes
• Initiating study groups for building a learning community
• Providing learning opportunities for teachers through classroom observation
• Mentoring, providing collaborative assessment of student work, and other cooperative approaches
• Developing professional portfolios
• Sustaining the learning community

For school administrators and teachers focused on student achievement, equity, and teacher leadership, this is a must-have resource.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #143489 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 232 pages

Review
Transforming schools into communities of learners is one of the most promising approaches to school reform to surface in the last decade. As educators begin the process of change, they will find the insights, guidance, and suggested activities provided in this text to be of great value when working with staff members. (Edward Lilly, Chairman, Educational Leadership, Special Education, Educational Foundations )

Roberts and Pruitt's work is enormously helpful to those working at sustaining learning communities. The ideas are presented in a reader friendly way that will engage teachers and educational leaders as well. (Linnea Weiland, Director, Curriculum and Instruction )

This book is a must for those seeking to prepare school leaders as well as those seeking to improve school performance. Roberts and Pruitt have presented us with a scholarly work that provides the nuts and bolts for those seeking to understand school leadership. (Leslie Agard-Jones, Dean, College of Education )

Schools as Professional Learning Communities is an extraordinary achievement. It brings together what a long-time practitioner can see and sense. It is an illumination of an exciting path to a constantly improving instructional community. (S. David Adler, Superintendent )

Review

"Schools as Professional Learning Communities is an extraordinary achievement. It brings together what a long-time practitioner can see and sense. It is an illumination of an exciting path to a constantly improving instructional community."

Book Info
Text presents the knowledge and skills necessary to work effectively with teachers, parents, administrators, and students to build a learning community. Includes practical strategies, tips, and activities. Addresses the immediate issues faced by teachers in their classrooms. Softcover, hardcover available. DLC: Group work in education--United States.

Customer Reviews

Spectacular!!!!
This is the best book EVER written to assist with understanding the nuts and bolts of school leadership. I have recommended this book to all my colleagues and it is now used as a guide to 85 school principles that I know.