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Jones, Delcenia – Our Children: The National PTA Magazine, 2011
In these stressful times, many Parent Teacher Association (PTA) leaders are finding membership recruitment and retention to be particularly challenging. The Black Star Community PTA in Chicago has found some unique methods of getting their community to support students and families, and join PTA. The basis for their efforts is in recognizing the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Group Dynamics, Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent Teacher Cooperation
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Helm, Judy Harris – Young Children, 2007
Communities of practice (COPs) are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better through interacting with one another (Wenger 1998). Communities of practice have enormous potential to support and sustain quality care and education within a community and, in fact, are doing so. Businesses and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Professional Development, Program Development, Guidance Programs