Eaker, Robert E

"... explores professional learning communities from a teacher's perspective. Focused chapters survey effective and collaborative team actions, instructional practices that enhance teacher efficiency, and the role teacher judgment and classroom context play in determining instructional outcomes."--From Amazon.

Presents a conceptual framework for transforming schools into professional learning communities in which attempts at school improvement are judged on the basis of how student learning is affected, offering suggestions on time management, and including case studies, and a question and answer section.