School Systems That Learn: Improving Professional Practice, Overcoming Limitations, and Diffusing Innovation (Collaboration, Creativity, and the Diffusion of Innovation)

When school systems learn, professional practice improves and student achievement increases

Picture this: Teachers sharing insights and challenges. Principals leading with trust. Central office leaders inspiring and supporting principals. A synergistic learning system that results in all students succeeding. This practitioner′s guide to creating a system-wide learning organization focuses on professional learning as the stimulus to improving student achievement. Experienced superintendents Paul Ash and John D′Auria provide a blueprint to:

• Improve schools through system-wide professional learning
• Increase student achievement by instilling a deep-rooted culture of curiosity
• Bolster faculty and staff morale with trust-building initiatives
• Align professional development with student-centered district standards