This 3rd edition of the award winning Adaptive Schools Sourcebook provides both a theoretical & practical guide for groups & teams to develop & focus their collaborative energies to improve teaching practices & enhance student-learning outcomes In five sections Becoming Adaptive Collaboration Matters Meetings are Teachers' Work Resources for Inquiry & Conflict Change & Community the authors draw on decades of personal experiences in schools & research from multiple disciplines to present powerful tools & useful templates for structuring the work of productive professional communities in schools Readers will learn ways to develop & sustain the fundamental elements for enhancing social capital in schools distinguishing between dialogue & discussion establishing seven norms of collaboration automating language patterns for inquiry & problem solving facilitating groups & data teams engaging in productive conflict & building community The book offers links to video clips demonstrating key skills inventories for assessing groups instruments for assessing personal skills & a collection of over 150 meeting strategies & facilitator moves for engaging group members in productive interactions