The authors promote professional learning communities as key to school improvement. Educators will:
· Learn how to drive increased academic achievement for all students
· Find ways to plan for structural changes that will produce the school culture they seek
· Explore data sources that authentically measure student growth and help celebrate students’ successes
· Answer collaborative team questions to further target their school-improvement efforts
· Use helpful protocols, rubrics, and action and assessment plans to improve student achievement
Reviewed by Carol Campbell, PhD
Vice President for Education
Southwestern Union Conference
By Deborah Hopkinson (DeborahHopkinson.com)
Illustrated by Kristy Caldwell (KristyCaldwell.com)
Authors: Nik Kinley and Shlomo Ben-Hur