Leading Collaborative Learning

Empowering Excellence

Lyn Sharratt, Beate Planche

• Publisher: Corwin
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781483368979
• eBook ISBN: 9781506300535
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Leadership in Education

Leadership, collaborative learning, and student achievement – discover what works!

Today's improving school systems require educators who intentionally collaborate and co-learn in service of students to get expected results. This resource-rich book from experts Sharratt and Planche is a straightforward, strategic path to achieving sustainable communities of deep learners. Research-proven inquiry techniques, vignettes, case studies and practical action-oriented protocols help you build strong learning relationships for high-impact student achievement.

System leaders, principals and teachers learn to: 

• Integrate diverse views and perspectives
• Build trust and hear every voice
• Apply a replicable inquiry framework to leverage key resources and processes
• Build students' cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal skills 
• Use "Assessment-in-Action" to improve, monitor and sustain student and staff progress 
• Build a collaborative culture through learning together

Use this guide to transform your school from a place of 'good intentions' to a center of intentional practice today!

"Is your school ready to learn to meet student needs as a team? If so, Leading Collaborative Learning: Empowering Excellence is the book to help your staff learn together in order to improve student learning."
Renee Peoples, Teaching and Learning Coach
West Elementary, NC

"This is more than just another book on school leadership or school improvement. Collaborative learning is essential for success, and educators working in any capacity can find information here about how their role contributes to the process. From system leaders to school leaders to teachers to students, this book clearly explains the necessity of everyone's participation in collaborative learning processes. As the authors state, participation in collaboration "is a powerful way to deepen educator capacity, to increase the value of the professional capital in the school, and to harness the power of the collective."
Melanie Mares Sainz, Instructional Coach
Lowndes Middle School, VA

Table of contents

• Cover
• Acknowledgements
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Illustration List
• Table List
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• 1 Leading Collaborative Learning
• 2 From Theory Into Action
• 3 System Leaders Working Alongside School Leaders
• 4 School Leaders Working Alongside Teacher-Leaders
• 5 Teachers Working Alongside Teachers
• 6 Teachers and Students Working Alongside Each Other
• Afterword
• Appendices
• The Book Study
• Glossary
• References
• Index
• Publisher Note