TY - BOOK AU - Barccellieri, Patrick TI - Professional learning communities : : using data in decision making to improve student learning SN - 978-1-4258-0518-0 AV - 370.7155 B12p PY - 2010/// CY - Hunting Beach, CA. PB - Shell Education KW - Decision making KW - Data processing KW - School improvement programs KW - Teachers KW - In-service training KW - Professional learning communities N1 - The challenge of change -- Complexities of school-level change -- A framework for school-level change -- Actions leading to change -- Teacher conversations foster change -- A professional learning community evolves -- Lessons learned about school change N2 - This book provides an insider`s perspective on establishing, nurturing, and sustaining a professional learning community. The author, a former principal for Chicago Public Schools, shares how he worked collaboratively with his staff to create a schoolwide learning community with a focus on student achievement. The result? Teachers worked together to examine their students` data, student achievement increased, and test scores improved. Read this book and you will see how this dynamic change took place to achieve impressive outcomes ER -