Preface.

Acknowledgments.

The Author.

One: What Are Professional Learning Communities and Why Should We Promote Them?

Two: The Purposes and Dispositions of Professional Learning Communities.

Three: Developing Individual Capacity for Improving Schools.

Four: Developing School and District Organizational Capacity.

Five: Facilitating, Assessing, and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities.

Six: Community Outcomes: Improving Teaching, Learning, and Understanding.

Seven: Evaluating the Growth and Expertise of Community Members.

Conclusion: What is the Promise of Professional Learning Communities?

Appendix A. Rubric for Assessing Individual Capacity for Professional Learning Communities.

Appendix B. Rubric for Assessing Organizational Capacity for Professional Learning Communities.

Appendix C. Self-Assessment Survey for Participating in Professional Learning Communities.

Appendix D. Rubric for Assessing the Community that Learns.

Appendix E. Rubric for Assessing the Community that Leads.

Appendix F. Rubric for Assessing the Community that Lasts.

Appendix G. Rubric for Assessing Student Capacity for Professional Learning Communities.

References.

Index.