Sustaining Professional Learning Communities

Acknowledgments vii About the Editors ix About the Contributors xiii Introduction 1 1. "Communities Committed to Learning": A Case Story of Building Sustainable Success 5 Nancy Shin Pascal and Alan M. Blankstein 2. Making the Promise a Reality 23 Shirley M. Hord and Stephanie A. Hirsh 3. Creating and Sustaining Professional Communities 41 Karen Seashore Louis 4. From Model Implementation to Sustainability: A Multisite Study of Pathways to Excellence in Social-Emotional Learning and Related School Programs 59 Maurice J. Elias 5. A Leadership Team Approach to Sustaining Social and Emotional Learning 97 James B. Vetter 6. Pursuit of Sustainability 121 Larry Leverett 7. Using National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as a Framework for Learning Communities 143 Joseph Aguerrebere 8. Compelled to Create Collaborative Learning Communities 161 Deborah L. Wortham 9. Leading Professional Learning Communities: Moral Choices Amid Murky Realities 175 Andy Hargreaves Index 199