Superintendents in classrooms: from collegial conversation to collaborative action: the popularity of using lesson study groups and other types of communities of practice for the professional development of teachers is on the rise. Ms. Rallis describes a unique effort to adapt this tool to the work of public school superintendents.(Connecticut Superintendents' Network)

From: Phi Delta Kappan | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Elmore, Richard; Lachman, Andrew; Rallis, Sharon; Tedder, Jane | Copyright information

What happens when a group of public school superintendents comes together to form a community of practice for the improvement of teaching and learning? Can the members identify questions of practice and then collect, analyze, and interpret data from practice in order to improve it? Those who have taken part in the Connecticut Superintendents' Network have shown the collective will and persistence to do exactly that. (1)

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