| Publisher |
Solution Tree Press |
| Publication Year |
2008 |
| ISBN-13 |
9781934009321 |
| ISBN-10 |
1934009326 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
520 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Weight (grms) |
885 |
This 10th-anniversary sequel to the authors best-selling book Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement merges research, practice, and passion. The most extensive, practical, and authoritative PLC resource to date, it goes further than ever before into best practices for deep implementation, explores the commitment/consensus issue, and celebrates successes of educators who are making the journey
Richard Dufour
Richard DuFour, EdD, in a distinguished career spanning four decades, was a public-school educator, serving as a teacher, principal, and superintendent. A prolific author and consultant, he was recognized as one of the leading authorities on helping school practitioners implement the Professional Learning Communities at Work process in their schools and districts. Over the course of his career, he was the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Professional Learning Communities at Work, Learning by Doing, and In Praise of American Educators.
During his 19-year tenure as a leader at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, Stevenson was one of only three schools in the nation to win the United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon Award on four occasions and the first comprehensive high school designated a New American High School as a model of successful school reform.
Richard Dufour
Solution Tree Press