References and Other Resources

• Boyd, V., & Hord, S.M. (1994). Schools as Learning Communities. Issues…About Change, 4(1). Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
• Cowan, D., & Capers, M. (2000). Co-Developers: Partners in a study of Professional Learning Communities. Issues…About Change, 8(2). Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
• Fleming, G. (1999). Principals and Teachers: Continuous Learners. Issues…About Change, 7(2). Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
• Hord, S.M. (1997). Professional Learning Communities: What are they and why are they important? Issues…About Change, 6(1). Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
• Hord, S.M. (1997). Professional learning communities: Communities of continuous inquiry and improvement. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
• Hord, S.M., Meehan, M.L., Orletsky, S., & Sattes, B. (1999). Assessing a staff as a community of professional learners. Issues…About Change, 7(1). Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
• Hord, S.M., & Rutherford, W.L. (1998). Creating a Professional Learning Community: Cottonwood Creek School. Issues…About Change, 6(2). Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
• Leo, T., & Cowan, D. (2000). Launching Professional Learning Communities: Beginning Actions. Issues…About Change, 8(1). Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
• Palmer, P.J. (1998). The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher’s life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Rosenholtz, S. (1989). Teacher’s workplace: The social organization of schools. New York: Longman.
• Senge, P. (1990). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. New York: Currency Doubleday.
• Zemelman, S., Daniels, H., & Hyde, A. (1998). Best Practice: New Standards for Teaching and Learning in America’s Schools. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

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