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 * Chapter 4 **
 * Creating the Collaborative Culture of a Professional Learning Community **

1. In what way do the authors resolve the apparent contradiction of the importance of focusing on student learning as a driving force of the PLC process? What does their research citing the importance of a focus on quality teaching?

2. How does research support both teams and collaboration? Why is the transformation from a culture in which individual educators work in isolation to one in which they work as members of interdependent collaborative teams such a formidable challenge?

3. In what ways are educators asked to change long-standing assumptions, expectations, and habits regarding schooling during the PLC process?

4. Describe the concept of reciprocal accountability? Can you cite examples of reciprocal accountability that are evident in your school or district?

5. What strategy do the authors offer to help collaborative teams stay focused on the right work as members co-labor on the PLC process?

6. How do the authors address the debate over who should determine how collaborative teams will use the time they have been provided for collaboration?