Strengthening and Enriching Your Professional Learning Community: The Art of Learning Together
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How can educators create a collective method of professional development that results in the genuine, sustained teacher learning essential to improving student achievement? That question is at the heart of this comprehensive and practical guide to process learning circles, a unique and powerful way to develop, strengthen, and enrich professional learning communities.
Table of contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Effective Learning Communities
The Process Learning Circle Format
About the authors
Geoffrey Caine is a learning consultant, process coach, and writer. He is Codirector of the Caine Learning Center and Executive Director of the Natural Learning Research Institute. Geoffrey has an extensive background in adult education, having been a tenured member of a faculty of law in Australia, Education Services Manager of a national software company, and National Director of the Mind/Brain Network of the American Society of Training and Development. He consults throughout the world on the implementation of natural learning, and works with and gives talks to schools and educational organizations as well as nonprofits, foundations, and businesses. Geoffrey is also an international colleague of one of the world's leading-edge educational reform projects, Learning to Learn in South Australia. Geoffrey can be contacted at Caine Learning Center, Box 1847, Idyllwild, CA 92549. Phone: 951-659-0152. E-mail: Geoffrey@cainelearning.com.
Renate N. Caine is an education consultant, researcher, and writer. She is Codirector of the Caine Learning Center, Director of Research and Professional Development at the Natural Learning Institute, and Professor Emeritus of Education at California State University in San Bernardino (CSUSB). Renate has taught or worked with teachers at every level from kindergarten to university, and her work with schools has been featured on Teacher TV; on the Discovery Channel; on "Wizards of Wisdom," shown on PBS; and elsewhere. She consults throughout the world on the implementation of natural learning, works with schools interested in long-term restructuring, and gives talks to schools and educational organizations. Renate is also an international colleague of one of the world's leading-edge educational reform projects, Learning to Learn in South Australia. Renate can be contacted at Caine Learning Center, Box 1847, Idyllwild, CA 92549. Phone: 951-659-0152. E-mail:
Renate@cainelearning.com.