Professional Learning Systems: Articles at SERC Library

Pieces of the learning puzzle: Aligned goals shape learning for one and all 
By Tracy Crow 

Collaborative and individual learning can together help educators and systems reach important outcomes for adults and students.
(Available to the public.) 

A sense of balance: District aligns personalized learning with school and system goals 
By Debbie Donsky and Kathy Witherow

The York Region District School Board in Ontario, Canada, is working at both the system and school level to balance the need for individual and collective learning. In this new definition of professional learning, the principal is a co-learner.
(Available to the public.) 

From the editor
By Tracy Crow

Take ownership of your learning. 
(Available to the public.)

Net results: Online protocols boost group learning potential 
By Alan Dichter and Janet Mannheimer Zydney

Educators have begun to use protocols to facilitate professional development in online spaces — partly because people need to connect from different places, but also to take advantage of new environments for learning.
(Available to the public.) 

The articles listed in the bibliography attached below are available by visiting the SERC Library and utilizing our print journals and on-line databases.  If you are a member of the SERC Library, you can obtain full-text articles when you use your membership number to log on to our online catalog at http://serc-verso.auto-graphics.com/mvc.  Use the Advanced Search tab in the upper right corner. Search for the articles by using either the title or author in the Enter search terms box.  Under the Resources tab uncheck the State Education Resource Center and checking Search Resources (which will check the seven boxes within the Search Resources or just check the corresponding database to search within that database only). If you have questions, please call the SERC Library at 860.632.1485 x 235 or email the staff at library@ctserc.org.

Click on any of the citations listed below for a full-text PDF

What is a Professional Learning Community, by Richard DuFour, Educational Leadership, 2004, V 61, No. 8, 6-11

Professional Learning Communities:  An ongoing exploration, by Melanie S. Morrissey, 2000, 45 pages.

Professional Learning Communities:  Professional Learning Committees:  Characteristics, Principals, and Teachers, by Ron Cormier and Dianne F. Olivier, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Education Research Association, Lafayette, Louisiana, March 5-6, 2009, 82 pages.

Best practices for Professional Learning Communities, by Celine Provini, Education World Editor, 2012