The Collective Wisdom of Practice: Leading Our Professional Learning From Success [Paperback]

Providing a model for how to learn from successes—instead of failures—The Collective Wisdom of Practice introduces an assets-based approach to designing and implementing professional learning and growth.
Providing a model for how to learn from successes—instead of failures—The Collective Wisdom of Practice introduces an assets-based approach to designing and implementing professional learning and growth.
Schechter provides a refreshing lens for examining and learning from past events by showing what is made possible when teams focus on success rather than harp on failure.  If you’re looking to improve the school improvement process, this thought-provoking text just might be the impetus for shifting mindsets from a deficient to an asset-based model.

Roland Barth once pondered, out loud, how many children’s lives might be saved if teachers were to disclose what they know to one another.  Schechter highlights the importance of collective learning among educators, proposing a process by which teachers share their wisdom.  This wisdom is gleaned through reflection, especially through the framework of learning from success.

Anyone interested in school improvement will benefit from the wisdom of Chen Schechter's wise analysis in this important volume. If you were to read just one book on change in schools, Professional Learning Communities, or establishing a positive school culture based on teaching successes, then you need to look no further. The Collective Wisdom of Practice gives readers a comprehensive, thoughtful and believable guideline that takes Lesson Study a step further by demonstratinglÃo