professional relationships

"Why just "sit and get" professional development when you can take charge of it? Schools nationwide are using professional learning communities to revitalize staff development, and Literacy Learning Communities shows you how to adapt this powerful framework to target the literacy strengths and needs of students in secondary schools. Whether you're an administrator, a staff developer, or a member of a teacher-study group, Literacy Learning Communities shows you how to make LLCs happen, why they work, and how to get the most from them."--BOOK JACKET.

Offers practical tips where teachers and administrators can work together to provide a positive learning environment for students and includes sample standards-based curriculum units for different content areas and grade levels, discussion questions, and assessment design tools.

"Provides practical strategies and step-by-step plans to develop advocacy initiatives for school libraries"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the potential for teachers to improve schools from within the classroom, and describes how creating a collaborative culture can cause positive change by recognizing the common factor; and discusses curriculum, assessments, and other related topics.

Explores how coaching programs can help teachers increase their skills, effectiveness, and student learning, outlines the coaching process, and explains how to develop effective coaching programs in the school setting.