Intellectual Capital: The Intangible Assets of Professional Development Schools

Intellectual Capital......Page 5
Contents......Page 11
Foreword......Page 15
1. Intellectual Capital and Professional Development Schools......Page 19
2. Managing Knowledge in Professional Development Schools......Page 27
3. The Principal’s Role in Knowledge Management......Page 39
4. Building External Capital: Reaching Out to the Community......Page 45
Enrichment Through the Fifth Dimension......Page 46
The Prompt & Present Club......Page 50
Connecting the Community Through Literacy......Page 55
Community Reading Partnership......Page 59
A Legacy Can Really Make a Difference......Page 62
The Impact of External Capital......Page 67
5. Building Internal Capital: Developing Systems for Managing Knowledge......Page 69
Systems for Growing Our Own......Page 70
Designing Systems for Technology Integration......Page 72
Developing Systems for Common Assessment......Page 78
Building Systems for a Community of Practice......Page 81
Evolving Roles: Relationships and Policy......Page 86
The Impact of Internal Capital......Page 91
6. Building Human Capital: Creating Lifelong Learners......Page 93
A Middle School Study Group That Works......Page 94
Ready for Life, Ready for School......Page 104
Native Language to English: A Transition for Everyone......Page 109
Action Research Teams for Student Learning......Page 115
The Impact of Human Capital......Page 118
7. Changing School Culture......Page 119
Becoming a Professional Development School......Page 120
Changing the Culture of a School......Page 126
8. Lessons Learned and Building Intellectual Capital......Page 131
Glossary......Page 139
References......Page 141
Contributors......Page 145
P......Page 155
T......Page 156