The Handbook of Leadership and Professional Learning Communities

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Introducing Collaborative Communities With Edge and Vitality C.A.Mullen PART I: ORGANIZATION AND THE LEARNING COMMUNITY Understanding Schools as Organizations: Implications for Realizing Professional Learning Communities B.L.Johnson, Jr. Forming School-University Partnerships to Create Professional Learning Communities That Improve Schools L.R.Goduto , V.Doolittle & D.Leake Developing Professional Learning Communities in a University-Public School Partnership R.V.Bullough Jr. & S.C.Baugh Professional Development Schools: Learning Communities for Leaders and Teachers as Change Agents M.Sudeck , V.Doolittle & P.Rattigan Teacher Education is Everybody's Business: Northern Guilford High School, a Professional Development Community C.Lashley , J.Cooper , J.McCall , J.Yeager & C.Ricci The University Connection: Transformational Learning That Enhances Professional Learning Communities S.Harris , V.Farrow and H.Lowery-Moore A Vision for Linking Pre-K and Higher Education Through Learning Communities J.R.Hoyle & T.M.Kutka PART II: DEMOCRACY AND THE LEARNING COMMUNITY Forming Culturally Responsive Learning Communities in Demographically Changing Schools C.Wilson Cooper , R.Allen & S.C.Bettez Transforming the Space of Schools Into Learning Communities: Teacher Leadership as Pedagogy of Democratic Place P.M.Jenlink & K.E.Jenlink Catalysts and Barriers: Practitioner Concepts of Professional Learning Communities as Democracies in Action C.A.Mullen & S.Harris Faculty of Color Constructing Communities at Predominantly White Institutions D.L.Roseboro & C.P.Gause Support for Women Leaders: The Visible and the Invisible J.H.Applegate , P.M.Earley & J.Mattuck Tarule PART III: TECHNOLOGY AND THE LEARNING COMMUNITY Professional Learning Communities and the Culture of Digital Technology: A Philosophic Inquiry G.M.Hudak Virtual Learning Communities: Encountering Digital Culture, Politics, and Capital R.A.Carter & L.E.Villaverde Graduate Students' and Preservice Teachers' Electronic Communications in a Community of Practice J.C.Richards , S.V.Bennett & K.G.Thomas PART IV: MENTORING AND THE LEARNING COMMUNITY Leadership in K-12 Learning Communities: Activism and Access Through Inter-Generational Understanding D.J.Davis , L.Green-Jerry & J.Wells Facilitating Professional Learning Communities Through Mentor Teacher Preparation S.D.Myers & H.Fives Peer Learning Communities in Action: Coaching to Improve Preservice Teaching C.R.Pryor & B.D.O'Donnell Conclusion: Community Change Through Activism: Insights and Lessons C.A.Mullen