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King, Michelle – Journal of Staff Development, 2016
Most educators probably know what it feels like to be part of an unproductive professional learning community--one where the topics range from last night's TV episodes to everyone's weekend plans before coming around to instructional issues. Other communities might just feel like another staff meeting with a list of announcements. But there are…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, School Districts, Active Learning, Governance
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Blank, Rolf K. – Journal of Staff Development, 2013
Today's education policy places a high priority on improving teacher quality and teaching effectiveness in U.S. schools. Standards-based professional learning requires teachers to have deep subject knowledge and the most effective pedagogy for teaching the subject. States and school districts are charged with establishing teacher professional…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Change, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Effectiveness