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  title info:
    title: Formalise, prioritise and mobilise
    sub title: how school leaders secure the benefits of professional learning networks
  name:
    name part: Brown, Chris
    name part: active 2019
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Flood, Jane
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2019
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 115 pages).
  abstract: Professional learning networks (PLN) of teachers and others (such as university researchers) collaborating outside of their everyday community of practiceare considered to be an effective way to foster school improvement. At the same time, to generate change, PLNs require effective support from school leaders. Such support should be directed at ensuring those participating in PLNs can engage in network learning activities; also that this activity can be meaningfully mobilised within participant's schools. What is less well understood however are the actions school leaders might engage in to provide this support. To address this knowledge gap, this book presents a case study of how senior leaders attempted to maximise the effectiveness of participating in PLNs for one learning network: the New Forest Research Learning Network (RLN) - a specific type of PLN designed to facilitate research-informed change at scale. In-depth semi-structured interviews with RLN participants, as well as impact data and policy documents, have been used to ascertain the types of leadership practices employed and their nature (i.e. whether geared towards prioritising formalising or mobilising the work of the PLN). Also presented is an assessment of the perceived effectiveness of these practices and suggestions for the type of leadership activity that appear to maximise the effectiveness of schools engaging in professional learning networks more generally.
  table of contents: Prelims -- 1. The emergence of professional learning networks -- 2. Researching the new forest RLN --3. What actually happened across RLN schools? -- 4. Exploring the actions of individual schools -- 5. Discussion -- References -- Index.
  note: by Chris Brown (University of Portsmouth, UK), and Jane Flood (Netley Marsh C of E Infant School, UK).
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Teachers
    topic: In-service training
  subject:
    topic: Professional learning communities
  subject:
    topic: Educational leadership
  subject:
    topic: Education
    topic: Leadership
  subject:
    topic: Organization & management of education
  classification: LB1731 .B76 2019
  classification: 370.711
  classification: 37.07
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Emerald professional learning networks series
  identifier: 9781787697751 (e-book)
  identifier: https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787697751
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    record creation date: 190118
    record change date: 20190118132125.0
    record identifier: 9781787697751
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng