【简介】

Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work is the best-selling guide for action that helps educators close the knowing-doing gap as they transform their schools into professional learning communities (PLCs). This third edition responds to the authors’ enduring work with teachers, principals, and central office staff to address and expand on the PLC implementation process. The third edition offers the following additions and revisions.

•Two new chapters that address common formative assessments and the keys to hiring, orienting, and retaining staff members

•A stronger focus on effectively implementing a districtwide PLC

•New insight into clarifying the essential standards necessary for a guaranteed and viable curriculum

•Helpful suggestions for incorporating deeper knowledge into curricula and assessments

•A more thorough examination of systematic interventions

•Explicit tools and templates from real high-performing PLC districts

•An updated research base, including more than one hundred new references

•An emphasis on vital steps to take immediately  in the implementation process

Packed with real-world solutions and strategies, the third edition of Learning by Doing will become a treasured resource for individual educators and teacher teams at every level of your PLC.

【目录】

About the Authors

Introduction to the Third Edition

Chapter 1

A guide to Action for Professional Learning Communities at Work

Chapter 2

Defining a Clear and Compelling Purpose

Chapter 3

Building the Collaborative Culture of a Professional Learning Community

Chapter 4

Creating a Results Orientation in a Professional Learning Community

Chapter 5

Establishing a Focus on Learning

Chapter 6

Creating Team-developed Common Formative Assessments

Chapter 7

Responding When Some Students Don't Learn

Chapter 8

Hiring, Orienting, and Retaining New Staff

Chapter 9

Addressing Conflict and Celebrating in a Professional Learning Community

Learning Community

Chapter 10

Implementing the Professional Learning Community Process Districtwide

Conclusion

The Fierce Urgency of Now

References and Resources

Index