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=Welcome to Hartselle City Schools Book Studies Wiki=

This wiki is a professional development tool designed to build a collaborative community working to increase our effectiveness as educators, increase student achievement, and build a professional learning community.

Current Book:
Learning By Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work Authors: Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Thomas Many

Parameters for Wiki Book Study Discussion:

 * All edits should be written in a positive and professional manner; no derogatory or critical comments should be posted.
 * No student, parent, or teacher names should be listed in the discussion.
 * All information added is archived with the name of each member.
 * All comments must be followed by the name of the person posting in parenthesis.
 * User names must be recognizable so that the user can be identified by their name.

Professional Development Requirements:
In order to receive the additional 6 hours of professional development credit teachers must participate in this wiki in the following manner:
 * Teachers must add a minimum of two responses to the questions posted in 10 out of the next 12 weeks.
 * All posts must include comments of meaningful relevance relating to the question and/or articles read. Adding comments such as "ditto" or "I agree" do not constitute meaningful comments.