	Biography
	Collective Biography

January 2004
Professional Collection

PC Professional Collection
Call No.	Title	Author	Summary
PC 305.23 THO	Best friends, worst enemies : understanding the social lives of children	Thompson, Michael	Examines childhood friendship and the motivations behind children's social behavior, discussing cliques, bullies, best friends, intimacy and commitment differences in boys and girls, and other related topics.
PC 371.1022 LEE	Collaborative practices for educators : strategies for effective communication	Lee, Patty	Presents guidance for teachers in communicating effectively with students and adults, covering such areas as anticipating, preparing, understanding perspectives, asking questions, listening, and speaking clearly; and providing sixty strategies and 180 practice exercises.
PC 371.14 ROB	Schools as professional learning communities	Roberts, Sylvia and Eunice Rruitt	When a school becomes a learning community the scores of students rise. This is a guide on what a learning community is and how to create one.
PC 371.2 LAM	Leadership capacity for lasting school improvement	Lambert, Linda	How to build structures within a school to create leaders who, in turn, improve learning and teaching.
PC 372.102 MAR	Classroom management that works	Marzano, Ron	Describes action management strategies which have been proven to have positive effects on student learning and explains how these strategies can be incorporated using action steps.