Teacher Teams That Get Results : 61 Strategies for Sustaining and Renewing Professional Learning Communities

by Gayle H. Gregory

• ISBN13: 9781412926133
• ISBN10: 1412926130
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-09
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

"Ready-to-use templates and clear instructions make this material user-friendly and clear. Especially helpful is the cross-reference matrix showing how a strategy can be used in more than one area." a??William Osman, President New Jersey Staff Development Council "An excellent introduction integrates the five 'theaters of the mind' in a brief and coherent way." a??Christelle Estrada, Director of Professional Development Services Salt Lake City School District, UT A comprehensive set of tools for achieving lasting results and sustaining a professional learning community! Sustaining results-oriented team efforts is hard work, and achieving diversified solutions to complex issues over time requires commitment and creativity. To support the momentum of learning communities, Teacher Teams That Get Results: 61 Strategies for Sustaining and Renewing Professional Learning Communities provides an illustrated collection of ready-to-use tools and examples of plans in action for results-oriented faculty and staff. Focusing on the where , what , why , how , and when to use each of the 61 strategies, best-selling authors Gayle H. Gregory and Lin Kuzmich offer the tools your team needs to succeed. You will learn to: Create and sustain a growth-oriented climate that encourages feedback and builds trust Share knowledge and skills to expand and optimize results Build resilience, develop creative solutions, and manage change Determine priorities and create excellence when goal setting, tying data to practice, and analyzing results An indispensable guide for teachers, teacher leaders, and school administrators, this handbook is ideal for school and district staff serving as meeting and workshop leaders and facilitators.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction: Tools That Get Results

Purpose for This Book

What We Know About Adult Learning

Brain Bits

Adult Learning Principles

Learning Styles

What Different Learners Need

Initial Group Development

Phases of Group Development and Behaviors

Benefit of Professional Learning Communities

Getting the Intended Results

Learning Teams That Get Results

Tools to Succeed as Teams

In This Book

Creating a Growth Oriented Culture

ABC Conversations

Birthday Month

Community Circle

Concept Formation

Consultation Line

Find Someone Who

Four Corners

Give and Go

Mapping the Journey

3-2-1

Nominal Group Process

Personal, Interpersonal, Task Model (P.I.T.)

Processing Pause

Random Partners

Synectics

T Chart and Y Chart

Sharing Knowledge and Skills

DIP Party

Four Corner Cards

Inside Outside Circle

Jigsaw

Know, Want to Know, Learned (KWL)

Perspective Lens

Pluses and Wishes

Plus, Minus, Interesting

Promissory Note

Right Angle

Round Robin, Round Table

Round the Room Brainstorming

Star Gazing

Think, Pair, Share

Wallpaper Poster

Building Resilience and Creating Solutions

Checking the Oil

Communication Matters

Doubling Up

Environmental Scanning

Field Force

FLOW

Gallery Walk

Graffiti

Hot Buttons

Journey Mapping (Also Known as Histo-Mapping)

Musical Chairs

Parking Lot

Roadblock Removal

The Question Matters: Reviewing Student Work

Two Sides of the Story

Determining Priorities and Creating Excellence

Building on Success

Cause and Effect Planning

Celebrations and Next Steps

Current Snapshot

Four Squares for Creativity

Lesson and Unit Studies

Prioritizing the Impact of Solutions

Prioritizing Work and Learning

Probable and Preferred Future

Pros and Cons

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

The Interview

The People Ladder

Think AboutsâÇ 

Data Chats

Putting It All Together

Initial Group Development

Sustaining Groups Over Time and Through New Initiatives

Putting It All Together: Examples for Implementation

Keeping Notes, Logging, and Our Methods

Keeping Your School, Team Culture, and Climate Healthy

Summary

References

Index

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