Download or read book The Role of School Districts in Developing Schools' Capacity for Professional Learning written by Debbie Zorn and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committees' processes and contexts. Two committees, whose processes had been closely observed over the course of the pilot, produced local policy documents at opposite ends of the continuum for the extent to which they embraced the professional development principles. The two committees also exemplified committee processes and contexts that were at opposite ends of the continuum. This finding was corroborated by differences in the two committees on 14 indicators of organizational learning. A final analysis of all 10 committees and their school districts according to 13 facilitators of organizational learning, again, found a pattern of variance that was similar to that shown by the local policy documents. The study concluded that certain processes and contexts that correspond to the qualities of organizational learning, or professional learning community, may need to exist for principles of high quality professional learning to be embraced. School districts play a critical facilitative role, given districts' influence and control over important material and symbolic resources and social relationships both inside and outside the district.