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    The Learning System, Winter 2013

    • Teacher-led teams from the New York State United Teachers association designed a new teacher evaluation system that includes meaningful dialogues and plans for continued professional learning. Read how the teams transformed the old system from one relying on sole administrator observations, to incorporating comprehensive, meaningful reviews that involve multiple measures of teacher performance designed to promote teacher learning and growth. Includes a tool for developing a personal learning plan.

    The Learning System, Fall 2012, Vol. 8, No. 1

    • Read how a group of teachers and administrators at Lyons Township High School District 204 in La Grange, Ill., united to develop a cooperative professional learning system that believes in the power of teacher-led professional learning. Tool: Leadership roles and responsibilities.

    Summer 2012, Vol. 7, No. 4

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    Spring 2012 , Vol. 7, No. 3

    • This newsletter was made possible with the generous support of MetLife Foundation. All articles available to the public. See the full Table of Contents for this issue, with free access to selected articles for the public.

    Winter 2012 , Vol. 7, No. 2

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    Fall 2011, Vol. 7, No. 1

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    Summer 2011, Vol. 6, No. 4

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    Spring 2011, Vol. 6, No. 3

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    Winter 2011, Vol. 6, No. 2

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    Fall 2010, Vol. 6, No. 1

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    Summer 2010, Vol. 5, No. 6

    • This newsletter was made possible with the generous support of MetLife Foundation. All articles available to the public. See the full Table of Contents for this issue, with free access to selected articles for the public.

    Spring 2010, Vol. 5, No. 5

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    December/January 2010, Vol. 5, No. 4

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    November 2009, Vol. 5, No. 3

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    October 2009, Vol. 5, No. 2

    • This newsletter is funded by the Institute for Creative Collaboration at KnowledgeWorks. See the full Table of Contents for this issue, with free access to selected articles for the public.

    September 2009, Vol. 5, No. 1

    • This newsletter is funded by The Wallace Foundation. All articles available to the public. See the full Table of Contents for this issue, with free access to selected articles for the public.

    May 2009, Vol. 4, No. 8

    • This newsletter was made possible with the generous support of MetLife Foundation. All articles available to the public. See the full Table of Contents for this issue, with free access to selected articles for the public.

    April 2009, Vol. 4, No. 7

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    March 2009, Vol. 4, No. 6

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    February 2009, Vol. 4, No. 5

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