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HeadsUP project website– The HeadsUP-project was an Erasmus + funded project focused on Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) of school principals for the development of their leadership skills, in order better lead/support teachers within their schools for developing their teaching practices and set up a structure of learning for the teachers of their schools. The project worked based on a Doubledecker model by opening up a system of collaboration between school principals (heads) in order to have it likewise between their teachers.


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DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. (2010). Learning by Doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at work, (2.ed.). Solution Tree Press.

Huijboom, F., Van Meeuwen, P., Rusman, E., & Vermeulen, M. (2021). Professional learning communities (PLCs) as learning environments for teachers: An in-depth examination of the development of seven PLCs and influencing factors. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 31, 100566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2021.100566

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