Whole-Faculty Study Groups: Creating Professional Learning Communities That Target Student Learning

Whole-Faculty Study Groups: Creating Professional Learning Communities That Target Student Learning Review

One of the most successful and exciting approaches to staff development, school reform, and systemic change in education today!

Whole-Faculty Study Groups (WFSGs) are a proven way to reform, improve, and transition schools to meet tomorrow’s needs. While providing a step-by-step methodology for the development of successful WFSGs, this newest edition of Murphy and Lick’s groundbreaking bestseller incorporates current theoretical concepts on change, refinements to change management procedures, and new experiences from continuing study groups. Other revisions include:

• Three additional chapters on WFSG research, school culture, and key findings
• New material on timely topics such as learning communities and learning teams
• An increased focus on assessment of student results
• Updated sets of resources and illustrations in the appendix