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The Reflective Educator’s Guide to Professional Development
Coaching Inquiry-Oriented Learning Communities
- Nancy Fichtman Dana - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
- Diane Yendol-Hoppey - University of North Florida, USA
Foreword by Joellen Killion
Other Titles in:
Coaching | Professional Learning Communities | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring
Coaching | Professional Learning Communities | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring
June 2008 | 208 pages | Corwin
Powerful tools for facilitating teachersÆ professional development and optimizing school improvement efforts! This step-by-step guide presents specific strategies for coaches who work with professional learning communities (PLCs) that practice action research, better known as 'inquiry-oriented PLCs.' This resource illustrates how incorporating action research can significantly influence professional development practices and provides coaches with lessons learned from facilitators of inquiry-oriented PLCs. This research-based book also offers: The 10 essential elements for a healthy PLCSample inquiry projects and case studies of actual inquiry-based PLCs12 lessons to help good coaches become great coachesReflection prompts in each chapter for study groups
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Facilitating the Professional Development of Others: The Role of Action Research and Professional Learning Communities
2. Establishing and Maintaining a Healthy Inquiry-Oriented PLC
3. Helping PLC Members Locate a Wondering
4. Helping PLC Members Develop an Action Research Plan
5. Helping PLC Members Analyze Data
6. Helping PLC Members Share Their Work With Others
7. From Good to Great: Lessons Learned in Coaching an Inquiry-Oriented PLC
References
Index
