Expanded and updated, this edition of one of the most popular resources for school change now comes with ancillary materials containing 150 facilitation strategies. Placing inquiry at the center of effective change, The Adaptive School gives readers the tools they need to bring about genuine school improvement and to learn to use and incorporate them into practice. The book also includes a useful problem locator that helps define problems and identify strategies to deal with them. New to this edition: the ancillary materials, the strategies, the problem locator, the expanded material on facilitation, and expanded self-teaching tools.

What is an adaptive school? -- The importance of professional community -- Developing collaborative norms -- Two ways of talking that make a difference for student learning -- Conducting successful meetings -- Designing time-efficient and effective meetings -- The confident and skilled facilitator -- Developing groups -- Using conflict as a resource -- Capacities for school change -- Community doesn't just happen -- Appendix -- References.