Whole-faculty study groups creating professional learning communities that target student learning

Whole-faculty study groups creating professional learning communities that target student learning

Used by hundreds of schools and school districts across the country, the Whole-Faculty Study Group (WFSG) System is a student-driven, holistic process for facilitating major staff development and schoolwide change. While providing a step-by-step methodology for the development and implementation of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murphy, Carlene U. (-)
Other Authors: Lick, Dale W.
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press 2005
Edition:3rd ed
Subjects:
Profesores > Estados Unidos.
Profesores > Formación profesional > Estados Unidos.
Escuelas > Estados Unidos
Rendimiento académico > Estados Unidos.
Online Access:Sumario
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991006081759708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • The whole-faculty study group system
  • Enabling faculties to become professional learning communities
  • What the research tells us
  • Context: conditions that facilitate change
  • Recognizing and understanding school culture
  • Process: a proven structure for collaboration
  • Identifying student needs for targeted study: the seven-step decision-making cycle
  • Content: curriculum and instructional strategies
  • Supporting synergistic groups and learning teams
  • Sustaining school improvement efforts
  • Success: learning from national, state, district, and local school experiences
  • Fourteen key findings

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