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Team to Teach: A Facilitator's Guide to Professional Learning Teams
By Anne Jolly

This step-by-step book includes all the necessary guidelines for facilitators to help educators build a successful professional learning team. Written in plain, easy-to-read language, background sections set the stage for each of 10 chapters that steer groups through the process. A comprehensive set of tools, totaling 150 pages, will enable facilitators and learning team leaders to take the necessary actions that will lead to high-performing teams.

NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B394
Price - $50.00 Member Price - $40.00  
Professional Learning for School Leaders
Edited by Valerie von Frank

A compilation of articles from a decade’s worth of NSDC’s newsletters and JSD that will aid school leaders in honing their skills for instructional leadership. This comprehensive collection is organized so that school leaders can explore the topic in chunks and learn from real examples. Interspersed tools will help leaders take action. A resource list provides additional opportunities for even further in-depth learning.

NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B395
Price - $32.00 Member Price - $25.60  
Powerful Designs for Professional Learning, 2nd Edition
Edited by Lois Brown Easton

An expanded second edition of one of NSDC's most popular books introduces new chapters on classroom walk-throughs, differentiated coaching, dialogue, and video. Includes a CD-ROM with more than 270 pages of handouts (PDF files).

NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B380
Price - $80.00 Member Price - $64.00  
The Learning Educator: A New Era for Professional Learning
By Stephanie Hirsh and Joellen Killion

This book helps readers understand what qualifies as effective professional learning, enables them to believe that this kind of professional learning is possible to achieve, and provides a blueprint that enables thought leaders, researchers, and practitioners to join together in this crucial work.

NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B372
Price - $32.00 Member Price - $25.60  
Creating a Culture of Professional Learning
Edited by Valerie von Frank

This compilation of articles from NSDC's newsletters andJSD is a comprehensive resource on creating a positive school culture. The collection includes descriptions of healthy cultures and specific information about how district and school leaders can take actions to create more positive environments, beginning with the audits provided and additional practical tools. A resource list provides additional, up-to-date references for even more information.

NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B382
Price - $32.00 Member Price - $25.60  
Finding Time for Professional Learning
Edited by Valerie von Frank

A compilation of articles and tools about time published in NSDC’s newsletters and JSD in the last decade. Includes suggestions about how to use the articles to guide the discussion about time in your school and district.

NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B379
Price - $32.00 Member Price - $25.60  
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