Sociology, Education Theory, Instruction Methods, Certification & Development 

Take your professional learning community to the next level! Discover a systemwide approach for re-envisioning your PLC while sustaining growth and continuing momentum on your journey. You'll move beyond isolated pockets of excellence while allowing every person in your school system--from teachers and administrators to students--the opportunity to be an instrument of lasting cultural change. Benefits: Determine how a systemic approach to PLCs is essential to a collaborative culture. Achieve the coherence and clarity necessary to maintaining a healthy PLC. Find a balance between maintaining focus and generating creativity. Contents: Introduction: Systemic PLCs Chapter 1: Clarity Precedes Competence Chapter 2: Creating Coherence and Clarity Chapter 3: The Loose-Tight Dilemma Chapter 4: The Loose-Tight System in Action Chapter 5: Sustaining the Improvement Process Afterword: Thinking (and Doing) Bigger - from Amzon