"The efficacy of Professional Learning Communities in increasing student achievement is supported by decades of research and the experiences of educators around the world. Yet, surveys suggest that PLCs are the most disliked professional development topic among educators. This distaste toward PLCs, Chad Dumas argues, can be attributed to a variety of obstacles leaders and teacher teams face, as he explains in The Teacher Team Leader Handbook: Simple Habits to Transform Collaboration in a PLC at Workª. An educational consultant, presenter, and award-winning researcher, Dumas presents teacher teams with moves, techniques, and strategies to help them get going, gain momentum, and continually refine their skills to maximize their PLC's effectiveness"--