The Handbook of Leadership and Professional Learning Communities

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introducing Collaborative Communities With Edge and Vitality....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Understanding Schools as Organizations: Implications for Realizing Professional Learning Communities....Pages 17-28
Forming School—University Partnerships to Create Professional Learning Communities That Improve Schools....Pages 29-37
Developing Professional Learning Communities in a University—Public School Partnership....Pages 39-49
Professional Development Schools: Learning Communities for Leaders and Teachers as Change Agents....Pages 51-58
Teacher Education Is Everybody’s Business: Northern Guilford High School—A Professional Development Community....Pages 59-71
The University Connection: Transformational Learning That Enhances Professional Learning Communities....Pages 73-84
A Vision for Linking Pre-K and Higher Education Through Learning Communities....Pages 85-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Forming Culturally Responsive Learning Communities in Demographically Changing Schools....Pages 103-114
Transforming the Space of Schools into Learning Communities: Teacher Leadership as Pedagogy of Democratic Place....Pages 115-126
Catalysts and Barriers: Practitioner Concepts of Professional Learning Communities as Democracies in Action....Pages 127-137
Faculty of Color Constructing Communities at Predominantly White Institutions....Pages 139-149
Support for Women Leaders: The Visible and the Invisible....Pages 151-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Professional Learning Communities and the Culture of Digital Technology: A Philosophic Inquiry....Pages 165-175
Virtual Learning Communities: Encountering Digital Culture, Politics, and Capital....Pages 177-188
Graduate Students’ and Preservice Teachers’ Electronic Communications in a Community of Practice....Pages 189-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Leadership in K—12 Learning Communities: Activism and Access Through Intergenerational Understanding....Pages 205-213
Facilitating Professional Learning Communities Through Mentor Teacher Preparation....Pages 215-227
Peer Learning Communities in Action: Coaching to Improve Preservice Teaching....Pages 229-240
Conclusion: Community Change Through Activism—Insights and Lessons....Pages 241-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-254