The adaptive school : a sourcebook for developing collaborative groups / Robert J. Garmston, Bruce M. Wellman.

Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: What Is an Adaptive School?; Chapter 2: The Importance of Professional Community; Chapter 3: Developing Collaborative Norms; Chapter 4: Two Ways of Talking That Make a Difference for Student Learning; Chapter 5: Conducting Successful Meetings; Chapter 6: Designing Time-Efficient and Effective Meetings; Chapter 7: The Confident and Skilled Facilitator; Chapter 8: Developing Groups; Chapter 9: Using Conflict as a Resource; Chapter 10: Capacities for School Change; Chapter 11: Community Doesn't Just Happen. Appendix A: Strategies: A Process Tool Kit for Facilitators and Teams ; Appendix B: Norms Inventory: Rating Perceptions of Myself; Appendix C: Norms Inventory: Rating Our Perceptions of Our Group; Appendix D: Personal Seven Norms Assessment; Appendix E: Group Seven Norms Assessment; Appendix F: The Responsibilities Dilemma of the Teacher-Facilitator Person; Appendix G: Contracting for Facilitation Services; Appendix H: The Facilitator's Contracting Conversation; Appendix I: Structuring Conversations About Data; Appendix J: Engaging Others in Collecting and Reporting Data; Appendix K: The Five Stages of Change; Appendix L: Meeting Inventory; Appendix M: Polarity Management: Using Conflict as a Resource; References; Index; About the Authors.