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BUILDING LEARNING COMMUNITIES: A Developmental Process
The Annenberg Institute has published Stages of Team Development: Lessons from the Struggles of Site-Based Management, by Nancy Mohr and Alan Dichter, both former high school principals in New York City. Recognizing that the reality of shared decision making does not always live up to the promise, the authors share what they have learned in over 30 years in school reform about the purpose of shared decision making (it's for the students, not the adults), how to build a learning organization (it's a developmental process, with identifiable stages) and what is required at each stage along the way. Our enhanced Web version of the paper features audio clips of Nancy and Alan offering additional insights into each of the stages of team development.

The Web version is available at
http://www.annenberginstitute.org/publications/stages.html

Download the PDF file (110 KB ­ 16 pages) at
http://www.annenberginstitute.org/images/Stages.pdf

Order a print copy at
http://www.annenberginstitute.org/publications/order.html

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