Building School-Based Teacher Learning Communities: Professional Strategies to Improve Student Achievement

by Joan E. Talbert and Milbrey W. McLaughlin

Book Overview

Building on extensive evidence that school-based teacher learning communities improve student outcomes, this book lays out an agenda to develop and sustain collaborative professional cultures. McLaughlin and Talbert--foremost scholars of school change and teaching contexts--provide an inside look at the processes, resources, and system strategies that are necessary to build vibrant school-based teacher learning communities.

Offering a compelling,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807746797
• ISBN13: 9780807746790
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"