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To support your PLC’s path forward, authors Gavin Grift and Colin Sloper outline 12 specific actions that lead to greater, more effective teamwork. 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It is a book that takes you beneath the surface of the school as professional learning community (PLC) to explore the critical commitments that leaders must make in order to truly transform school culture and get the results that students deserve. 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The powerful third edition of this comprehensive action guide from experts Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, and Mike Mattos updates and expands on new and significant PLC topics. 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