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DuFour Handouts: January 28, 2008 Workshop

“What is a Professional Learning Community?”
http://www.allthingsplc.info/pdf/articles/DuFourWhatIsAProfessionalLearningCommunity.pdf

 “Learning Teams - When Teachers Work Together, Knowledge and Rapport Grow” by Joan Richardson
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/tools/tools8-01rich.cfm

 “Learning Centered Schools Grow from Strong Cultures” by Rick DuFour
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/dufour191.cfm

 Professional Learning Communities:  What are they and Why are they Important?”

http://www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues61.html

“Professional Learning Communities and the Eight-Year Study” by Robert V. Bullough, Jr.

http://www.allthingsplc.info/pdf/articles/Bulloughplc.pdf

Beyond the Book Success Stories:  “Professional Learning Communities Boost Math Scores”

http://www.beyond-the-book.com/successstories/success_053106.html

“What a Difference a Word Makes” Assessment FOR learning rather than assessment OF learning helps students succeed.  By Rick Stiggins and Jan Chappuis

http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/stiggins271.cfm

Middle Ground:  “Shared Vision, Team Learning, and Professional Learning Communities” by sue C. Thompson, and Earline McKelvy

http://www.nmsa.org/Publications/MiddleGround/Articles/February2007/Article1/tabid/1210/Default.aspx

“Community:  How to Launch a Community” by Richard DuFour

http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/dufour223.cfm

“Moving Toward the School as a Learning Community” by Richard DuFour

http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/dufour181.cfm

“Professional Learning Communities: Exploring the power of teamwork” by Sherry Posnick-Goodwin
http://www.cta.org/media/publications/educator/current/1107_feat_01.htm