Whatever It Takes: How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don't Learn

Dufour, Richard (Editor)/ DuFour, Rebecca/ Eaker, Robert/ Karhanek, Gayle

ISBN 10: 1932127283 / ISBN 13: 9781932127287

Published by Solution Tree, 2004

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263 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1932127283

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Whatever It Takes: How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don't Learn
• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932127283
• ISBN 13: 9781932127287
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.45 kilograms

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Synopsis

Whatever It Takes: How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don't Learn examines the question, What happens when, despite our best efforts in the classroom, a student does not learn?<P>A professional learning community creates a school-wide system of interventions that provides all students with additional time and support when they experience difficulty in their learning. The authors describe the systems of interventions, including Adlai E. Stevenson High School's Pyramid of Interventions, created by a high school, a middle school, and two elementary schools. The authors also discuss the logistical barriers these schools faced and their strategies for overcoming them.

About the Author

As the former principal and superintendent of Adlai Stevenson, a 4,000-student suburban high school, Richard DuFour helped the school become one of the most recognized and celebrated schools in America. <P>As the former principal of Boones Mill, a 400-student rural elementary school, Rebecca DuFour helped her school receive the Governor's Award for High Achievement. <P>As the former executive vice-president and provost of Middle State Tennessee University, Robert Eaker was cited by Phi Delta Kappa as one of the nation's leading experts in translating school research into practice. <P>As director of student services at Adlai Stevenson for 25 years, Gayle Karhanek was the 2000 winner of the "Those Who Excel" award from the Illinois State Board of Education.