LEADING A VISION FOR SCHOOL-WIDE LEARNING IMPROVEMENT . Write a short summary of topics covered in Chapters 5-9. · What school characteristics and practices have been most successful in helping all students achieve at high level ? · How could we adopt those characteristics and practices in our own school? · What commitments would we have to make to one another to create such a school? · What indicators could we monitor to assess our progress? · When the staff has built shared knowledge and found common ground on these questions, the school has a solid foundation for moving forward with its improvement initiative. · As the school moves forward, every professional in the building must engage with colleagues in the ongoing exploration of three crucial questions that drive the work of those within a professional learning community: 1. What do we want each student to learn? 2. How will we know when each student has learned it? 3. How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning? The answer to the third question separates learning communities from traditional schools.
