(1)+School~People+Imporvement

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 * School Impovement Means People Improvement **

//*PS- I added one of my questions in addition to the Study Guide...How well do you know me? :-)//  **1. Describe some of the challenges contemporary American educators are facing.**  **What are some of the ways educators might respond to this reality?**  **2. What are some of the failed strategies for education reform in the United States presented in the chapter?**  **What assumptions have these strategies reflected?**  **What can we learn from it?** **3. Describe the strategies presented for developing the capacity of educators to become more effective, and the authors’ assessments of them.**  **4. List the assumptions for creating the conditions for continuous school improvement that drive this book.**

**5. Describe the three big ideas that drive the PLC process.**

*The authors attempt to clarify what a professional learning community (PLC) is as well as what it is not. What do we need to do to __Clearly Define__ what a PLC is at Cooper?**