AASA, The School Superintendents Association

Leading in a Professional Learning Community Culture

A superintendent’s experience building a school district’s collective leadership and action through collaboration and a guiding coalition.
Education Week

Professional Learning Communities Aren’t Just for Teachers

As two former school superintendents, we’ve witnessed firsthand how learning communities can enrich the personal and professional lives of classroom teachers. In school systems nationwide, we have ...
Education Week

Professional Learning Communities Still Work (If Done Right)

Late last year, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation published a widely noted study intended to explore what teachers want when it comes to professional development. But particularly on the important ...
JSTOR Daily

The National Writing Project: Creating a Professional Learning Community That Supports the Teaching of Writing

Theory Into Practice, Vol. 47, No. 4, Collaborative Learning Communities in Schools (Fall, 2008), pp. 336-344 (9 pages) This article describes an effort to create a teacher learning community in which ...
Sacramento State University

Faculty & Professional Learning Communities

Peer-led groups of faculty and professionals. (8-30 participants per group). Designed for active engagement, collaboration, and action research on topics ranging from academic technology to equity in ...
Psychology Today

Lessons Learned: Forming Professional Learning Communities

Post by Julianne Turner, Ph.D. Dr. Turner has worked with teachers in several professional development projects to support increased student engagement through teacher instruction. She is Professor ...
Inside Higher Ed

Learning by Doing

Applied learning is a practical approach that is supported by research to increase student motivation, foster student-centered instruction, and provide real world application. It is also an ...