Collaborative Action Research for Professional Learning Communities

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“Richard Sagor offers school leaders an instructional leadership tool powerful enough to help a principal enhance both teacher and student learning within the school context. . . . Collaborative Action Research sets the stage for schools to make change a part of the work they do each day.”

—Diane Yendol-Hoppey, professor and Benedum Collaborative Director, West Virginia University

“Richard Sagor’s writing is alive, and contains the perspective of someone who truly honors educators and learning. It presents a viable process for universal student success.”

—Jan Morrison, project director, Washoe County School District, Reno, Nevada When high-quality collaborative inquiry becomes the norm in a learning community, the students prosper, the school culture becomes enriched, and teachers enjoy greater professional satisfaction. Collaborative Action Research for Professional Learning Communities provides a detailed process for cultivating five habits of inquiry that will enable individual teachers, groups of teachers, and school leaders to become disciplined and deliberative with data in order to enhance student learning. The five Habits of Inquiry are (1) Clarifying a Shared Vision for Success, (2) Articulating Theories of Action, (3) Acting Purposefully While Collecting Data, (4) Analyzing Data Collaboratively, and (5) Informed Team Action Planning. The book provides clear, step-by-step strategies for developing each habit. Collaborative Action Research for Professional Learning Communities also:

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Collaborative Action Research for Professional Learning Communities

Collaborative Action Research for Professional Learning Communities

Explains how to make collective inquiry a routine part of a school’s culture. Gives schoolwide and classroom-level approaches to collaborative inquiry. Shows how to collect and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data. Tells how to make connections between strategies and student outcomes. Discusses the ethics of research involving student data. Features special boxed tips for school leaders.

Richard Sagor is founding director of the Institute for the Study of Inquiry in Education and the author of nine books.

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